Facebook Becomes More Trans-Inclusive By Letting Users Customize Gender and Pronouns


One of the myriad new options in your “About Me” section on Facebook.

The Facebook Diversity program just announced that Facebook will now allow users to enter a custom gender for their profiles, and it even goes a step further by letting you choose the pronoun you want Facebook to use when referring to you. Here’s the announcement:

When you come to Facebook to connect with the people, causes, and organizations you care about, we want you to feel comfortable being your true, authentic self. An important part of this is the expression of gender, especially when it extends beyond the definitions of just “male” or female.” So today, we’re proud to offer a new custom gender option to help you better express your own identity on Facebook.

We collaborated with our Network of Support, a group of leading LGBT advocacy organizations, to offer an extensive list of gender identities that many people use to describe themselves. Moreover, people who select a custom gender will now have the ability to choose the pronoun they’d like to be referred to publicly — male (he/his), female (she/her) or neutral (they/their).

We also have added the ability for people to control the audience with whom they want to share their custom gender. We recognize that some people face challenges sharing their true gender identity with others, and this setting gives people the ability to express themselves in an authentic way.

For instructions on how to access the new feature, go here.