With the world booming closer on social media like Facebook, more gender forms in the human race are getting recognisation. Fr0m July 1 Facebook users in the UK will be able to choose fr0m more than 70 new gender options.
The new gender options (around 50 of which were first introduced in the US in February) include androgynous, trans person, polygender and cisgender with users also able to suggest their own additions.
Speaking to media, Facebook's policy director in the UK Simon Milner said: "It's all about Facebook enabling people to be themselves, and making users feel comfortable in how they express themselves and how they talk about the issues that matter to them."
Milner said the social network had worked with two UK organizations Press For Change and Gendered Intelligence to select the new options, and that additional terms added specifically for the UK market included intersex man, asexual, and hermaphrodite.
As well as custom genders, users will be able to select which pronoun they'd like to be referred to with, choosing fr0m male (he/his), female (she/her) or neutral (they/their). Users selecting a custom gender can also control which of their friends see the changes.
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/5360-cq-facebook-users-of-uk-to-have-more-gender-options.html
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