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Remove "sensitive social issues" bullet point.

Twitch should remove the "sensitive social issues" clause from Article VII of its Content Classification Guidelines. LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and reproductive rights are NOT "sensitive social issues", they are common sense issues, where one side simply wants their liberties intact. The controversy is entirely on the other side of the argument the involves taking those liberties away.

Especially as it pertains to LGBTQ+ individuals, the notion that the discussion of their very existence is political is absolute nonsense. These people should be allowed to discuss the issues affecting them without being set behind some kind of "explicit content" label. This is a slippery slope that begins with people automatically labeling non-heteronormative lives and content as "deviant" or "degenerate", especially by grossly bad actors who want to be edgy.

Remove the final bullet point from Article VII.
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ADameNamedAmy shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
Closed  ·  AdminTwitchSupport (Admin, Twitch) responded  · 

Thank you for raising this. We’ve just posted a Tweet addressing these concerns.

You don’t need to label your stream with the new Politics & Sensitive Social Issues CCL if you are sharing your lived experience. Intermittent mentions of politics, politicians, or sensitive social issues also do not require the Politics and Sensitive Social Issues label. We apologize for not communicating this well initially.

If you are an LGBTQ+ streamer, for example, you do not need this label when talking about your lived experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. We’ve added clarifying language to the Content Classification Guidelines to better express this.
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  • Trans_Pikachu commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hey Twitch, what the ****? Centrism is not neutrality. LGBTQ+ people are people and should not be labeled as controversial just for existing.

  • aderpycat commented  ·   ·  Report

    This needs to be removed ASAP. I'm trans, and my existence isn't "sensitive content." Please take this garbage out.

  • Remroto commented  ·   ·  Report

    Brainrot isn't inside the kid's iPads, it's inside Twitch.tv's HQ.
  • InsidiousLurker commented  ·   ·  Report

    Sensitive social issues are only sensitive for people that don't want to acknowledge the wide variety of everyday human experiences. The "sensitive social issues" clause is discriminatory towards all but a very small group of people who do not speak for the greater population.
  • n0n0n000000 commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is wild. How did this even make it into the final draft? Just because the cacaphony of othering and hate being directed towards LGBTQIA+ is currently basically acceptable in our culture doesn't mean twitch has to do it too. Take a stand and take that **** out.
  • trlblz_eli commented  ·   ·  Report

    Seriously, Twitch legal team, did you run this by ANY LGBTQ+ people? Hire diversity, avoid adversity.
  • Gragon333 commented  ·   ·  Report

    To say that any persons existence is inherently political is definitely discriminatory. Removing this portion of the article is the simplest solution to that.
  • NaniNagi commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am a Trans Women and would love to casually talk about certain Trans Experiences during my Livestreams. There is nothing political about just being Yourself and it would be disheartening to see us get silenced and restricted like that.
  • ccelestialfox commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't want to use a platform that tries to politicize my existence.
  • theworstwitchcraft commented  ·   ·  Report

    twitch has many openly lgbt+ users & content creators, it would be a shame if this place became even more unsafe for them thanks to this rule
  • parappaterappa commented  ·   ·  Report

    I do not get the point of that bullet point, I watch a transgender streamer but her existence is political for some reason? This is supressing the right to express one self, and expressing somehow is a bad thing? What is the sensitive part of aknowledging a side that isn't the stereotypical US white male?

    This only appeals to low IQ idiots who scream woke every time they see a woman, it's ******** and I'm against it.
  • baggyshus commented  ·   ·  Report

    If this rule stays I will genuinely stop using the platform. This is discriminatory against Twitch's huge userbases of female creators, LGBTQ+ creators, and POC creators. Twitch is built off of the backbone of these people and to make a rule so clearly specifically targeting them is an insult to Twitch's legacy.
  • electric_glacier commented  ·   ·  Report

    Aggressively sloppy policymaking. A lot of these documents may be philosophically-bankrupt CYA misadventures but come on, whoever thought this would slide under the radar was either asleep at the switch or first day on the job.
    Think harder next time, oy vey.
  • EnjoyEgg commented  ·   ·  Report

    Just a deplorable idea from Twitch. If Twitch is going to try to label an entire community as a sensitive issue, where does it end? Why start in the first place? In future, will neurodivergent people have to be classed as sensitive issues? Do cishet people talking about their medical issues have to be classed as sensitive issues?

    If people don't want to watch an LGBTQIA+ streamer, then they won't, because they don't like the streamer, they don't need a label to tell them that. All this does is creates division between the LGBTQIA+ community and the cishet community because one is labelled as the "other" and one just gets to be. This will just end up hurting LGBTQIA+ streamers, that's it. But I suppose Twitch never really has had a great track record for supporting streamers who aren't in the top percentile..
  • fluffybug74 commented  ·   ·  Report

    This policy would heavily discriminate against queer creators on the platform.
  • midwestcryptid commented  ·   ·  Report

    tech companies really suck at thinking about LGBTQ+ people’s rights don’t they
  • mama_sims_is_studying commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence and the person I love is not a "sensitive social issue." We exist. Deal with it. Human rights are not a "sensitive social issue." They are our human rights. Deal with it!
    My body is not a "sensitive social issue." It is my body, and my human right to decide how I will let others use or access it. DEAL WITH IT.
  • mechalink commented  ·   ·  Report

    This policy is flatly ridiculous, prejudiced, prejudicial, will be unevenly and unjustifiably enforced with unclear criteria, yield uncorrectable guidance and irreparable harm to streamers and audience members, with no benefit to the platform or its legitimate users.

    This is cowardly nazi ****, and will drive off some of your highest publicity streams and streamers, including things which actually still give you goodwill for as long as you don't ******* up. Remove this clause.
  • Xonmean commented  ·   ·  Report

    please don't label LGBTQ+ people as a "sensitive social issue" just for existing; this is stupid. Political candidates and representatives should be the only people who are in any way being affected by this tag. Period.
  • elricm3659 commented  ·   ·  Report

    this is poorly worded and needs to be removed... some people are offended by any slight disagreeing with their personal outlook. i request this to be completely removed, rethink this. try again.

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