Facebook Adds 56 New Gender Options Beyond Male And Female
In what looks like a victory for the LGBT community, Facebook has announced that it has expanded its male/female binary, including 56 new terms. 1.2 billion Users of Facebook will now have a new option called “custom” where 56 new terms like “transsexual,” or “cisgender” will be made available for users to select and properly identify themselves.
Facebook says it worked with its “Network of Support, a group of leading LGBT advocacy organizations” in order to select the new gender identity options.
So here is the total list of what’s currently available:
- Agender
- Androgyne
- Androgynous
- Bigender
- Cis
- Cis Female
- Cis Male
- Cis Man
- Cis Woman
- Cisgender
- Cisgender Female
- Cisgender Male
- Cisgender Man
- Cisgender Woman
- Female to Male
- FTM
- Gender Fluid
- Gender Nonconforming
- Gender Questioning
- Gender Variant
- Genderqueer
- Intersex
- Male to Female
- MTF
- Neither
- Neutrois
- Non-binary
- Other
- Pangender
- Trans
- Trans Female
- Trans Male
- Trans Man
- Trans Person
- Trans Woman
- Trans*
- Trans* Female
- Trans* Male
- Trans* Man
- Trans* Person
- Trans* Woman
- Transfeminine
- Transgender
- Transgender Female
- Transgender Male
- Transgender Man
- Transgender Person
- Transgender Woman
- Transmasculine
- Transsexual
- Transsexual Female
- Transsexual Male
- Transsexual Man
- Transsexual Person
- Transsexual Woman
- Two-spirit