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 before their launch, yesterday Thursday, and that they will initially cover 159 million monthly users of companyin 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 the technician software του Facebook, Brielle Harrison, ο οποίος εργάστηκε για το project του μετασχηματισμού των φύλων, σε περισσότερα.
The change in Facebook has brought dozens of moving posts to the company's website as it is another important form of recognition of the growing movement for the rights of transsexuals in America and beyond.