Alastair, or Eret as he is known online, is one of Twitch's most popular LGBT streamers - with more than one million followers on the streaming site.
The US-based British content creator, who does not disclose his last name, says he has around 60,000 members in his server on Discord, an online chat service popular with gamers.
But when the platform announced it would soon require some users to verify their age, Alastair was among those concerned about its implications for their data - and that of their online communities.
"A lot of people use the online world as a place where they can talk about things that they might not feel safe talking about with people in the real world, where being queer might result in being prosecuted," he told the BBC.
"I really do not want to send Discord my ID given their track record - I do not trust them."
