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.