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Tinder introduces 37 new gender identity options
Tinder update introduces 37 new gender identity options
By Carly Mallenbaum
Sydney Morning herald Lifestyle / Life & Relationships
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/tinder-update-has-introduced-new-gender-identity-options-20161116-gsr710.html
Tinder offered only two gender picks prior to a major update Tuesday: female or male. Now, the dating app that boasts more than 20 billion “matches” is offering dozens more auto-fill options for trans and non-comforming users.The update, Tinder CEO Sean Rad hopes, is the beginning of the solution to problems transgender app users have faced.
Quote:“Six months ago we discovered that the transgender community on Tinder was experiencing some harassment on the platform,” Rad says. “When we initially heard about it, we were very angry.”Rad says team members regrouped and took their time figuring out a solution, working with influencers from GLAAD as well as their own transgender users. The result is an additional 37 gender options, including Transgender Female, Transsexual Male, Agender, Genderqueer and the option to write in your own term. Users are given the option to display their gender identities on their profiles.
The additional genders include options such as gender fluid, androgynous, pangender, non-binary, gender questioning, transgender and transsexual. But if users can’t find their preferred option, they can type in the gender title they wish to be identified as.
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2 Replies
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So is Tinder worthwhile? Has anyone tried it and what are your thoughts?
I like the gender identity options – with 37 surely I’d have to find one I identify with. Then again, perhaps not lol.
I’d be willing to give it a go….purely for scientific purposes of course
Emma x
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I had heard of Tinder where a group sits in a ever expanding circle dreaming up new definitions and sub divisions for the transgender community. If that turns you on, well! Personally I could think of superior ways to diversify my time and gain something positive. In other words I think the whole concept is a useless exercise when we in the community have enough challenges to pass our valuable time. Come up with something useful like further ways of preventing suicides in our community, making people feel more beautiful from the inside, having true acceptance, then I’ll listen.