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Nepal lawmaker asks Facebook to give option to people who ID selves as neither male nor female

By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, March 26, 2:50 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/nepal-lawmaker-asks-facebook-to-give-option-to-people-who-id-selves-as-neither-male-nor-female/2012/03/26/gIQACNhKbS_story.html

KATMANDU, Nepal — A prominent lawmaker and gay rights activist in Nepal says he has asked Facebook to include a third option for people who do not identify themselves as male or female.

Sunilbabu Pant said he has written to Facebook founders Mark Zuckerberg and Chris Hughes asking an option as "third gender" or "others" when signing up because people who do not identify as male or female continue to be sidelined by Facebook's options.

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Gay activist Pant to quit Facebook if gender concern ignored
   
Added At:  2012-03-30 3:18 PM

http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Gay+activist+Pant+to+quit+Facebook+if+gender+concern+ignored&NewsID=326071

KATHMANDU: Nepali gay rights activist and parlimentarian Sunil Babu Pant has announced to quit Facebook if the popular social networking site did not pay heed to the concerns of the third gender and provided an other option for the users' sex.

Issuing a statement on Friday, Pant expressed unhappiness over not getting a reply from Facebook apropos to his request to provide the people who do not identify as male or female an equal opportunity to express themselves by adding an "Other" option under sex on Facebook profiles. He had written to Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of the Silicon Valley-based, last week.

"I have received no reply, which is really disappointing," he said, "Many journalists have written to Facebook as well."

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Gay Nepalese MP starts petition against Facebook
Sunil Babu Pant gathers signatures for 'third gender' option on social networking site
07 April 2012 | By Calum Ross

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/gay-nepalese-mp-starts-petition-against-facebook070412

Nepalese member of parliament and LGBT campaigner Sunil Babu Pant has started a petition to make Facebook a more inclusive place for transgender and gender variant people.

The All Out campaign calls on Facebook to change the current profile settings and add an additional 'third gender' for  members whose gender identity doesn't fit within simple male or female checkboxes.

petition http://www.allout.org/facebook