Posted on Advocate.com August 01, 2011 02:30:00 PM ET
Gender Neutrality: Could Facebook Be Next?
By Michelle Garcia
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Now that Google+ has the option for users to remain gender-neutral, an activist organization is urging Facebook, the world's second most popular website to go the same route.
AllOut has a petition encouraging Facebook to accommodate transgender people and multiple gender identities. AllOut.org/Facebook features the stories of several gender non-conforming people like Mikaela (pictured) who are also urging the social networking giant to change the provided gender identity options. Andre Banks of AllOut said in a statement Thursday that the change would not be a difficult one for Facebook's administrators to make.
Yes. It is embarassing whenever a social network requests me to choose one of the two.
Barbie~~