Beyond Male And Female: Google Profiles Now Offer Unlimited Gender Options “ Google announced plans to roll out a new feature Tuesday that lets Google Plus users choose their gender in their profile. But instead of creating a long list of gender...

Beyond Male And Female: Google Profiles Now Offer Unlimited Gender Options

Google announced plans to roll out a new feature Tuesday that lets Google Plus users choose their gender in their profile. But instead of creating a long list of gender options, Google Plus profiles have a fill-in feature so users can define themselves.

Google Plus profiles, which are linked to Gmail accounts, replaced its former gender options with “male,” “female,” “decline to state” and “custom.” The custom setting opens a free-space text field and cues a drop-down menu where Google users can select the appropriate pronoun with which they want to be identified: feminine, masculine or non-specific. Google users can also choose who sees their gender identity.

The feature isn’t yet available for all users but should be in the coming days, according to Google software engineer Rachael Bennett’s post announcing the changes.

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