56 gender options on facebook
Agender | Gender Variant | Trans* Man |
Androgyne | Genderqueer | Trans* Person |
Androgynous | Intersex | Trans* Woman |
Bigender | Male to Female | Transfeminine |
Cis | MTF | Transgender |
Cis Female | Neither | Transgender Female |
Cis Male | Neutrois | Transgender Male |
Cis Man | Non-binary | Transgender Man |
Cis Woman | Other | Transgender Person |
Cisgender | Pangender | Transgender Woman |
Cisgender Female | Trans | Transmasculine |
Cisgender Male | Trans Female | Transsexual |
Cisgender Man | Trans Male | Transsexual Female |
Cisgender Woman | Trans Man | Transsexual Male |
Female to Male | Trans Person | Transsexual Man |
FTM | Trans Woman | Transsexual Person |
Gender Fluid | Trans* | Transsexual Woman |
Gender Nonconforming | Trans* Female | Two-spirit |
Gender Questioning | Trans* Male |
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.
“There’s going to be a lot of people for whom this is going to mean nothing, but for the few it does impact, it means the world,” said Facebook software engineer Brielle Harrison, who worked on the project and is herself undergoing gender transformation, from male to female.