Facebook Adds 50 New Gender Options

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02...-announces-major-expansion-terms-to-identify/

 

[Matt Collins]

talk about introducing confusion into the marketplace

 

[Neil Desmond]

Are they being very politically correct, or very politically incorrect by creating more labels?

 

[aGameOfThrones]

Finally Facebook lets you specify a custom gender or preferred pronoun in your profile

Many in the queer community identify themselves through genders that don't fit into binary male and female definitions, but social networks typically don't allow for that more nuanced take on sexuality. Thankfully, Facebook is more accommodating as of today. You can now specify a custom gender as well as a preferred pronoun. If you're not always comfortable with sharing that gender, you can limit who sees it. Facebook isn't accounting for every aspect of gender -- you still have to describe family relationships in binary terms, for instance -- but this is an important first step.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/13/facebook-now-lets-you-specify-a-custom-gender-in-your-profile/

 

[Bohner]

Good for them.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

I see they forgot the factual ones....

Boy thinks he is Girl
Girl thinks she is Boy

 

[angelatc]

No, it is not an important first step. If anything it's one of the last steps.

More than likely, it's actually simply ridiculous. But this is the result of the "everybody gets a trophy!" and "Everybody is special!" mentality. The villagers raised fatherless self-indulgent anti-social idiots.

 

[fisharmor]

talk about introducing confusion into the marketplace

.............The marketplace for gender?

 

[tod evans]

I've gotta agree with Angela..

There's men and women period.

Now if fedbook wants to create 50 "I think I'm something special" categories that's up to them....

 

[bunklocoempire]

No fancy lad?!!
WTF?

 

[jj-]

I don't know if it's too bad. If you see someone who is weirdly good looking, but then you see their gender says transvestite, it might clarify some things.

 

[jj-]

Another good thing that might come of it is people might stop complaining about the gender binary or whatever.

 

[PierzStyx]

.............The marketplace for gender?

Gender is a limited commodity. You only have XX and XY. Everything else is in your head. And just because you can think it doesn't make it true. Otherwise I'd be a Jedi.

 

[Paulbot99]

APNewsBreak: New gender options for Facebook users

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) -- You don't have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore. The social media giant has added a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender as well as three preferred pronoun choices: him, her or them.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-02-13-13-02-56

You are what you feel inside.

 

[eduardo89]

I just updated my gender. Maybe tomorrow I'll change it, depends how I'm feeling.

 

[Danke]

Has anyone told HB about the new features?

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

I just updated my gender. Maybe tomorrow I'll change it, depends how I'm feeling.

Apparently that's the new trend: your sex is based on how you 'feel', rather than, you know, what it is actually is.

I'm starting to see why the Middle East hates us (aside from the bombings, of course.)

 

[Victor Grey]

Gender is a limited commodity. You only have XX and XY. Everything else is in your head. And just because you can think it doesn't make it true. Otherwise I'd be a Jedi.

Considering there are supposedly 50 to choose from, I wouldn't be sure Jedi isn't one of the many available options.

 

[Victor Grey]

"The LG...BT-wxyz-abcdefg-bbq community."

 

[Matt Collins]