Twitch has permanently banned the streamer Steven “Destiny” Bonnell II (33). He had been active on Twitch for 11 years, but apparently, a 14-second clip was enough to trigger the permanent ban. A feud with another female streamer resulted in a tasteless reference to an increased rate of suicide attempts among transgender people. This apparently was the reason for the ban due to hateful behavior.
This is the situation:
- The streamer “Destiny” started his career on Twitch in November 2010 as a streamer for StarCraft II, but then became a political streamer, often clashing with his theses and statements, ultimately losing his partnership in 2020.
- Twitch permanently banned the streamer a few days ago. The reason was not known. The streamer said he believed he was banned for the statement that transgender women should not compete with cis women in sports. We reported on MeinMMO about Destiny’s ban.
- It has now emerged that Destiny was apparently permanently banned from Twitch for a tasteless remark about suicide.
14-second clip apparently triggers ban of Twitch streamer Destiny
What was Destiny really banned for? It’s difficult to determine the exact reason for a ban from Twitch because they do not disclose it. In the case of a permanent ban, the streamer’s channel is locked and all content is destroyed: the “evidence” is therefore no longer visible.
Twitch only reveals the duration of the ban (“Unlimited”) and the general rule that was violated; in Destiny’s case, it was “hateful behavior.”
The message about the ban from Twitch that Destiny received is circulating on reddit (via reddit).
However, in the aftermath of Destiny’s permanent ban, a clip of him circulated, which is now identified as the reason for his ban:
- In the ban, Destiny plays the action RPG Elden Ring.
- He discusses the genitals of streamer Keffals, who apparently had her testicles removed in surgery.
- A user in the chat then says: “It’s comforting to know this person will kill herself in 30 years” – Destiny laughs somewhat hesitantly at this remark.
- Destiny finally says: It’s tempting to now tackle the “41 percent” jokes.
What does he mean by that? The reference to “41 percent” refers to a survey, the “National Transgender Discrimination Survey,” in which 41 % of the 6,450 respondents said they had attempted suicide at some point in their lives (via hrc.org).
Destiny is apparently alluding with his remark and in this dialogue that transgender streamer Keffals will attempt to take her own life.
This seems to be the reason for his permanent ban – not a statement about transgender women in sports.
The rules of Twitch were tightened again in December 2020 to provide special protection to minorities, as Twitch considered them vulnerable.
“He picked a fight with me, he got banned, I won”
How does Keffals respond? Keffals tweeted (via twitter):
I must say, it’s incredibly creepy to see one of the most famous livestreamers of the last 10 years giving a monologue about my genitals.
Later she said (via twitter):
I will say nothing more about Destiny’s latest tweets about me. He picked a fight with me. He got banned. I won.
There are often bans of long-term streamers on Twitch. Sometimes they return, sometimes they actually remain permanently banned:
Twitch permanently bans one of its biggest streamers – due to a picture
