Ron Burgundy Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - For the first time, Facebook Inc is letting users of its online social network identify themselves as a gender other than male and female. The basic user profile for members in the United States now includes a customizable category among the gender types that users must select, the world's No.1 Internet social network announced on Wednesday, the day the feature became available for U.S. members using the site's English-language version. Until now, Facebook's 1.23 billion members could only select male or female for their genders, which Facebook requires users to state in their profiles. Users of rival Google Inc's Google+ social network already had an "other" option for gender. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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