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pronouns and facebook

Submitted by rae on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 2:29pm.

i agree. so do many other people; below is a list of a few of the facebook groups that were started because other people were upset at that. also, incidentally, after a while, if you leave the sex part empty (ie don't click on female or male) on your profile, it uses they/them/their. it amuses me greatly. other applications, like farmville, do the same.

here's a screenshot of something by farmville: 

farmville pronouns

 

 

Appeal to Facebook to Stop Forcing Normative Gender (526 members)

Facebook should have other gender options: Official Petition (17,555 members)

Expand Gender Options on Facebook Petition (2,367 members)

Facebook harasses, demands your gender! (798 members)

More gender choices on Facebook. (265 members)

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