Gay users applaud new Facebook status options

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NEW YORK: Jay Lassiter is no longer “in a relationship.” Let’s clarify that: Lassiter, a media adviser for political campaigns who lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is still with his partner of nearly eight years, Greg Lehmkuho.

But since Thursday, when Facebook expanded its romantic-status options recently, Lassiter’s profile there echoes his relationship’s legal status: “Domestic partnership.”