Twitch to add over 350 new stream tags related to gender, sexual orientation, race, and more

Twitch is doubling down on changes to its platform today, announcing that more than 350 new stream tags related to gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ability, mental health, and more.  This is being implemented as a way to give streamers more descriptive choices in how they label their streams for additional discoverability.  We’ll have tags related to gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ability, mental health, and more.For the full details, check out the blog: https://t.co/dXLPrlayPX— Twitch (@Twitch) May 22, 2021 Twitch specifically noted that some of the new tags will include transgender, Black, disabled, veteran, and Vtuber, while also making the “ally” tag a standalone label outside of the main LGBTQIA+ tag. None of this will change how tagging works and is being done due to the “passion and persistence” of the Twitch community in requesting these changes.  “When we launched tags in 2018, we did so to boost discovery, to help creators describe their content and to help viewers find streams they’re interested in,” Twitch said. “We intentionally designed that system for creators to be able to describe what they were streaming, not who they were or what they stood for. We have maintained this distinction since that time,…
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