From today, you do not have to be just a man or just a woman on the popular social network. Facebook has added more choices with about 50 different terms that one can use to identify his gender, as well as three preferred pronouns: his or her own.
The Facebook Reported the changes, along with The Associated Press πριν από την κυκλοφορία τους, χθές Πέμπτη, και ότι θα καλύπτουν αρχικά 159 millions monthly users of the company in the USA. The changes aim to give members of the social network more options in how they describe themselves, such as androgynous, bi-gender, intersex, gender fluid or transsexual.
"For many people this change will mean nothing, but for a few it will be very important," said Facebook software engineer Brielle Harrison, who worked on project of gender transformation, in more.
The change on Facebook brought dozens of emotional posts on the webσελίδα of the company, as it is another important form recognitionof the growing transgender rights movement in America and beyond.