The Official Facebook Thread

Soon · 03-08-2010, 08:30 PM

Australia: Facebook Should Include Transgenders

Queensland’s gay and lesbian community has demanded Facebook widen its profile options to include transgenders. They say that simply clicking male or female when signing up to the social networking website is too limiting.

"They should definitely do it and they'd be quite surprised by how many people there are in the community who are transgender that do use Facebook," said Shelley Argent, spokeswoman for Brisbane's Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Association.

Dr Angela Dwyer, from the Queensland University of Technology law faculty, said Facebook needed to accommodate the wide range of young people who use the website."Gay, bisexual, same-sex attracted and then with gender there's transsexual, transgender – they're all words with which people identify themselves."

Facebook product manager Naomi Gleit said people could "remove gender entirely from your account, including how we refer to you in Mini-Feed".

So is listing yourself as male or female or the option of stating nothing enough?

View Poll Results: Are You a Fan of Facebook?
Yes...where do I click 'Like'	103	52.82%
Yes...will you be mah Neighbor?	44	22.56%
No...and if I get one more App invite, I shall implode	24	12.31%
No...can you see me flailing my arms about dramatically?	14	7.18%
Sorry, I skipped a decade...what is this Facebook you speak of?	10	5.13%
Voters: 195. You may not vote on this poll

03-08-2010, 08:30 PM	#11
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,094 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Just came across this tonight: Any thoughts? (p.s. Carnal Nation is a great site) Australia: Facebook Should Include Transgenders Queensland’s gay and lesbian community has demanded Facebook widen its profile options to include transgenders. They say that simply clicking male or female when signing up to the social networking website is too limiting. "They should definitely do it and they'd be quite surprised by how many people there are in the community who are transgender that do use Facebook," said Shelley Argent, spokeswoman for Brisbane's Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Association. Dr Angela Dwyer, from the Queensland University of Technology law faculty, said Facebook needed to accommodate the wide range of young people who use the website."Gay, bisexual, same-sex attracted and then with gender there's transsexual, transgender – they're all words with which people identify themselves." Facebook product manager Naomi Gleit said people could "remove gender entirely from your account, including how we refer to you in Mini-Feed". So is listing yourself as male or female or the option of stating nothing enough?