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Facebook Adds “Fill In The Blank” Gender Option Because The Current 58 Gender Identities Wasn’t Enough…
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No words.
Via Truth Revolt:
Facebook has determined that the 58 gender identity options it offers to users is not enough. In part in response to guidance from the transgender community, the social media giant has added a 59th option: “fill in the blank.”
“Now, if you do not identify with the pre-populated list of gender identities, you are able to add your own,” Facebook announced online Thursday morning.
Last year, Facebook dramatically expanded the options for gender to include Neither, Transgender, Intersex, and Gender Fluid, among scores of others. But the social media site has decided that the even those might not satisfy its users’ self-identification needs.
One of the transgender members of the Facebook team who created the new option said that they hoped the move would “open up the dialogue” about gender. ABC News reports:
Facebook software engineer Ari Chivukula, who identifies as transgender and was part of the team that made the free-form option, thinks the change will lead to more widespread acceptance of people who don’t identify themselves as a man or woman.
“We’re hoping this will open up the dialogue,” Chivukula said.
double-facepalm-when-one-facepalm-is-just-not-enough
No words.
Via Truth Revolt:
Facebook has determined that the 58 gender identity options it offers to users is not enough. In part in response to guidance from the transgender community, the social media giant has added a 59th option: “fill in the blank.”
“Now, if you do not identify with the pre-populated list of gender identities, you are able to add your own,” Facebook announced online Thursday morning.
Last year, Facebook dramatically expanded the options for gender to include Neither, Transgender, Intersex, and Gender Fluid, among scores of others. But the social media site has decided that the even those might not satisfy its users’ self-identification needs.
One of the transgender members of the Facebook team who created the new option said that they hoped the move would “open up the dialogue” about gender. ABC News reports:
Facebook software engineer Ari Chivukula, who identifies as transgender and was part of the team that made the free-form option, thinks the change will lead to more widespread acceptance of people who don’t identify themselves as a man or woman.
“We’re hoping this will open up the dialogue,” Chivukula said.
