From today you don't have to be only male or only female on the popular social network. Facebook has added more options with about 50 different terms that someone can use to identify their gender, as well as three preferred pronoun options: her or their.
The Facebook Reported the changes, jointly with The Associated Press before their release, yesterday Thursday, and will initially cover 159 millions of monthly US users in the US. The changes are intended to give social networking members more choices about how they themselves 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 yet another important form of recognition of the growing movement for transgender rights in America and beyond.
