LGBT streamer asks Twitch to reverse ban after using slur TwitchAn LGBT Twitch streamer is hitting out at the platform for banning her after using a slur she claims was for \u201creclamation\u201d purposes. Twitch has had its fair share of controversy over slurs in the past few months, beginning with popular streamer Hasan Piker getting banned for using the word \u201ccracker.\u201d This has continued into 2022 with others such as JustaMinx being suspended for using the controversial word on stream. Now, another streamer has been given a seven day suspension, this time for using a derogatory LGBT slur, but she says she was within her right to use it. On top of the financial aspect, I\u2019m honestly afraid of the mental toll this is going to take on me. I\u2019ve only just started feeling better, and I\u2019ve just been robbed of my only daily activity and socialization. This feels like a cruel joke. \u2014 MaddieTheLe$bean (@MaddiesALesbian) April 11, 2022 Streamer banned for LGBT slur On April 10, streamer MaddieTheLesbian revealed that Twitch had banned her for seven days after she used a slur in chat while having an \u201ceducational discussion on what reclamation is.\u201d \u201cSo Twitch Support, is there a REASON I\u2019m banned for saying the word in a chat I mod when reclamation is within TOS?\u201d she asked. \u201cI\u2019ve never done anything wrong and this was INSTANT. 7 days without streaming will destroy me.\u201d She further stressed that she was worried the ban would take a serious mental toll on her and that it threatened her partnership with Epic Games and put her income at risk. Another update that this now jeopardizes my Epic Games partnership, further putting my income at risk. All from an automated ban. It\u2019s disgusting. @TwitchSupport @twitch your TOS allows for reclamation of slurs pic.twitter.com\/2CL04utiZO \u2014 MaddieTheLe$bean (@MaddiesALesbian) April 11, 2022 \u201cAll from an automated ban. It\u2019s disgusting. Twitch, your TOS allows for reclamation of slurs,\u201d she blasted. In a blog post, the company stated that it would allow the use of some terms that could be used as slurs, \u201cas not to alienate or limit the expression of communities on Twitch.\u201d As of April 12, Maddie\u2019s channel has still not been restored and she says she is still waiting for her appeal to be processed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LGBT streamer asks Twitch to reverse ban after using slur TwitchAn LGBT Twitch streamer is hitting out at the platform for banning her after using a slur she claims was for \u201creclamation\u201d purposes. Twitch has had its fair share of controversy over slurs in the past few months, beginning with popular streamer Hasan Piker getting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}