In new profile feature, Facebook offers choices for gender identity


WIDE CHOICE: Facebook users in US can now select up to 10 gender identifications, including "transgender," "intersex" and "fluid" for their Facebook profile. - Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: 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 customisable category among the gender types that users must select, the world's No 1 Internet social network announced on Thursday, the day the feature became available for US members using the site's English-language version.

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