MENLO PARK, Calif. -- You don't have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore. The social media giant is adding a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender as well as three preferred pronoun choices: him, her or them.
Facebook said the changes, shared with The Associated Press before the launch on Thursday, initially cover the company's 159 million monthly users in the U.S. and are aimed at giving people more choices in how they describe themselves, such as androgynous, bi-gender, intersex, gender fluid or transsexual.
I do like the idea of just typing in your own option, but I think what they're worried about is people trolling maybe? Some jerk could type in something like "shemale wolf hybrid" or whatever and make a trans* person feel disrespected or marginalized.