Facebook — Studio Brief 02 — OUGD505

Facebook has always had many different selections for gender.

As a current example for gender transgression, they have a huge list of preferences to choose from, ensuring that people can express who they are best, as of 2014, Zuckerberg introduced a whopping 71 options, the list is as follows:







Agender
Androgyne
Androgynes
Androgynous
Asexual
Bigender
Cis
Cis Female
Cis Male
Cis Man
Cis Woman
Cisgender
Cisgender Female
Cisgender Male
Cisgender Man
Cisgender Woman
F2M
Female to Male
Female to male trans man
Female to male transgender man
Female to male transsexual man
FTM
Gender Fluid
Gender neutral
Gender Nonconforming
Gender Questioning
Gender Variant
Genderqueer
Hermaphrodite
Intersex
Intersex man
Intersex person
Intersex woman
M2F
Man
Male to Female
Male to female trans woman
Male to female transgender woman
Male to female transsexual woman
MTF
Neither
Neutrois
Non-binary
Other
Pangender
Polygender
T* man
T* woman
Trans
Trans Female
Trans Male
Trans Man
Trans Person
Trans*Female
Trans*Male
Trans*Man
Trans*Person
Trans*Woman
Transexual
Transexual Female
Transexual Male
Transexual Man
Transexual Person
Transexual Woman
Transgender Female
Transgender Person
Transmasculine
Two* person
Two-spirit
Two-spirit person
Woman

List from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/10930654/Facebooks-71-gender-options-come-to-UK-users.html

This proving that times are changing, and it is only a matter of time before selections will be scared for a text field where a person can type whatever gender they consider themselves to be.