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Until recently, Facebook allowed you to identify either as a ‘male’ or ‘female.’ The social network has finally expanded the list to include more gender identities, allowing you to identify yourself far more accurately.

Facebook had apparently been working with ‘Network of Support’ which is a group of LGBT advocacy organizations. The new list of gender options contains 56 identities to choose from. These include not only the likes of ‘asexual’ and ‘transgender’ but also ‘genderqueer.’

Moreover, the social network also allows you to choose the exact pronoun that should be used with your name. This is certainly a great step towards allowing better identification of individuals in the digital realm.

According to the official announcement by Facebook, “When you come to Facebook to connect with the people, causes, and organizations you care about, we want you to feel comfortable being your true, authentic self. An important part of this is the expression of gender, especially when it extends beyond the definitions of just “male” or female.” So today, we’re proud to offer a new custom gender option to help you better express your own identity on Facebook.”

Another excellent move by the social network is to enable the option of controlling the audience which can see a given user’s custom gender. The announcement further states, “We also have added the ability for people to control the audience with whom they want to share their custom gender. We recognize that some people face challenges sharing their true gender identity with others, and this setting gives people the ability to express themselves in an authentic way.”

The list of 56 gender identities that are now available is as follows:

1. Agender
2. Androgyne
3. Androgynous
4. Bigender
5. Cis
6. Cis Female
7. Cis Male
8. Cis Man
9. Cis Woman
10. Cisgender
11. Cisgender Female
12. Cisgender Male
13. Cisgender Man
14. Cisgender Woman
15. Female to Male
16. FTM
17. Gender Fluid
18. Gender Nonconforming
19. Gender Questioning
20. Gender Variant
21. Genderqueer
22. Intersex
23. Male to Female
24. MTF
25. Neither
26. Neutrois
27. Non-binary
28. Other
29. Pangender
30. Trans
31. Trans Female
32. Trans Male
33. Trans Man
34. Trans Person
35. Trans Woman
36. Trans*
37. Trans* Female
38. Trans* Male
39. Trans* Man
40. Trans* Person
41. Trans* Woman
42. Transfeminine
43. Transgender
44. Transgender Female
45. Transgender Male
46. Transgender Man
47. Transgender Person
48. Transgender Woman
49. Transmasculine
50. Transsexual
51. Transsexual Female
52. Transsexual Male
53. Transsexual Man
54. Transsexual Person
55. Transsexual Woman
56. Two-spirit

Source: Facebook
Courtesy: ReadWrite

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