Social Networking site, Facebook has in a big move which will be applauded by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community announced that it has expanded its male/female binary, including 56 new terms. 1.2 billion Users of Facebook will now have a new option called “custom” where 56 new terms like “transsexual,” or “cisgender” will be made available for users to select for proper identification.
Facebook worked closely with its Network of Support, a group of leading LGBT advocacy organizations to select the new gender identity options.
The current list has the following options:
1) Agender
2) Androgyne
3) Androgynous
4) Bigender
5) Cis
6) Cis Female
7) Cis Male
8) Cis Man
9) Cis Woman
10)Cisgender
11) Cisgender Female
12) Cisgender Male
13)Cisgender Man
14)Cisgender Woman
15) Female to Male
16) FTM
17) Gender Fluid
18) Gender Nonconforming
19) Gender Questioning
20)Gender Variant
21) Genderqueer
22) Intersex
23) Male to Female
24) MTF
25) Neither
26) Neutrois
27) Non-binary
28) Other
29) Pangender
30) Trans
31) Trans Female
32) Trans Male
33) Trans Man
34) Trans Person
35) Trans Woman
36) Trans*
37) Trans* Female
38) Trans* Male
39) Trans* Man
40) Trans* Person
41) Trans* Woman
42) Transfeminine
43) Transgender
44) Transgender Female
45) Transgender Male
46) Transgender Man
47) Transgender Person
48) Transgender Woman
49) Transmasculine
50) Transsexual
51)Transsexual Female
52) Transsexual Male
53) Transsexual Man
54) Transsexual Person
55) Transsexual Woman
56) Two-spirit
