All Special Snowflakes Welcome: Facebook Now Has 71 Gender Options

Gender identity seems to be quite a labyrinthine subject. I personally believe that there are two genders: male and female. That being said, I do make an exceptions for intersex since it is a biological disorder. I won’t force my opinions on anyone but that’s my view. Transgender people view themselves as one or the other, so I don’t really think being ‘trans’ is a gender. Perhaps I’m wrong but I’m always open to have a discussion about it.

So, imagine my surprise when I found there are not two or three genders but 50 different genders.  And what worthless social media site decided to add them all to gender options? It was of course Facebook. Yes, Facebook, the home of countless dance recital videos and constant reminders to go to an event near you. That place.  UK Facebook users now have the options of choosing from 71 different gender options. We can all thank you Americans for it since we’re getting this due to the ‘feature’s successful integration in the US’. Thanks, Obama.

Thank you @facebook for making this happen. pic.twitter.com/yDFhlKq7B1

— NotoriousButtahQueen (@LaughWriter) March 11, 2016

Apparently. there were originally 50 options, but Facebook felt like that wasn’t enough for the special snowflake brigade. They teamed up with UK-based groups Press for Change  and Gendered Intelligence to come up with 21 more doltish choices so no one feels left out, no matter how absurd you are.

“By challenging the gender binary, Facebook will finally allow thousands of people to describe themselves as they are now and it will allow future generation of kids to become truly comfortable in their own skins.”

Ensuring users feel comfortable being their true selves while using the network is a priority, said Simon Milner, Policy Director, UK, Middle East & Africa at Facebook.

Remember when we were allowed to make fun of moronic people without the whole ‘you can’t make fun of me because I’m of a minority gender’? Simon, you are aware that people who identified themselves as anything but what their chromosomes say would be killed in the Middle East & Africa, right?

@LaughWriter @facebook pic.twitter.com/vLlEn5DGuk

— Petros Xristos (@petrosxristos) March 11, 2016

I don’t agree with Facebook doing this, but then again, I don’t agree with a lot of things Facebook does. So, I guess that’s nothing new. When looking through the list I noticed that there were different options for the same thing, for example they already had the option for female but they added a new option ‘woman’. My favourite of the new choices is ‘Two-spirit‘ because it sounds like a bunch of kids really loved Beyond: Two Souls and decided that they identified with Jodie. The best part of it is that they can be called out for cultural appropriation and there’s nothing I love more than SJWs fighting to be the most special…along with the most politically correct. As we all know, no matter how politically correct you think you are, there’s always someone waiting to tear you apart.