Title: Facebook gender options only M or F?
Post by: Matthew on February 08, 2016, 02:53:07 PM
Post by: Matthew on February 08, 2016, 02:53:07 PM
My SO was trying to enter their gender as non binary into their new Facebook account, however only Male and Female options were available.
Anyone know if this is an actual bug or something Facebook has removed, or an individual issue?
Anyone know if this is an actual bug or something Facebook has removed, or an individual issue?
Title: Re: Facebook gender options only M or F?
Post by: Tysilio on February 08, 2016, 02:59:52 PM
Post by: Tysilio on February 08, 2016, 02:59:52 PM
The gender options which appear when I click "edit" are male, female, and custom. I assume the last allows a person to put whatever they want. I'm in the US -- I suppose it might be different in other countries...
Title: Re: Facebook gender options only M or F?
Post by: Matthew on February 08, 2016, 03:04:33 PM
Post by: Matthew on February 08, 2016, 03:04:33 PM
Tried with VPN (US) and still only Male and Female in the drop down, could be a personal thing.
Title: Re: Facebook gender options only M or F?
Post by: boheme on February 08, 2016, 08:55:51 PM
Post by: boheme on February 08, 2016, 08:55:51 PM
Just wondering, was this when your SO signed up, or once they'd created their account? It looks like Facebook still makes you pick 'either or' when you first sign up :-\ ... however, you should be able to go in and change it once the account is created.
P.S. The gender neutral options work with English (UK) now too, as well as English (US) :)
P.S. The gender neutral options work with English (UK) now too, as well as English (US) :)
Title: Re: Facebook gender options only M or F?
Post by: Mariah on February 08, 2016, 09:59:56 PM
Post by: Mariah on February 08, 2016, 09:59:56 PM
There should be a custom option once you create the account in the drop down menu. Hugs
Mariah
Mariah
Title: Re: Facebook gender options only M or F?
Post by: Matthew on February 09, 2016, 02:54:40 AM
Post by: Matthew on February 09, 2016, 02:54:40 AM
Quote from: boheme on February 08, 2016, 08:55:51 PM
Just wondering, was this when your SO signed up, or once they'd created their account? It looks like Facebook still makes you pick 'either or' when you first sign up :-\ ...
Yeah, that was it. They were just signing up and the only options were male and female, we managed to get it sorted now. Thanks for the input btw :)
Title: Re: Facebook gender options only M or F?
Post by: Ms Grace on February 09, 2016, 03:28:15 AM
Post by: Ms Grace on February 09, 2016, 03:28:15 AM
Seems weird you have sign up with a binary option in order to access the non binary.
Title: Re: Facebook gender options only M or F?
Post by: Matthew on February 09, 2016, 03:41:48 AM
Post by: Matthew on February 09, 2016, 03:41:48 AM
Quote from: Ms Grace on February 09, 2016, 03:28:15 AM
Seems weird you have sign up with a binary option in order to access the non binary.
Agreed - it's something I'll message Facebook about. It took us a while to work out what was going on, and was quite distressing for them.
Title: Re: Facebook gender options only M or F?
Post by: Tysilio on February 09, 2016, 10:23:56 AM
Post by: Tysilio on February 09, 2016, 10:23:56 AM
Quote from: Ms GraceSeems weird you have sign up with a binary option in order to access the non binary.
Yes, yes it does. But it's probably just F'book's sneaky way of amassing yet more personal information on us.
Title: Re: Facebook gender options only M or F?
Post by: Ms DeeDee on February 12, 2016, 04:45:07 PM
Post by: Ms DeeDee on February 12, 2016, 04:45:07 PM
Interesting information. Does changing your gender affect existing relationships? If I change my gender to "female" or more likely to "custom" will it affect my son having listed me as his "father"? I'm not really sure I'm quite ready for my siblings to see that I'm now listed as their "sister". :o