tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304470471137165596.post4333730418104862851..comments2023-07-08T06:26:00.389-07:00Comments on The Equality Chronicle: Facebook Relationship Statuses-It's ComplicatedJaime Coonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02283299989541658517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304470471137165596.post-45293107218091998902011-03-01T09:35:20.630-08:002011-03-01T09:35:20.630-08:00I hate the "other" category. People shou...I hate the "other" category. People should never have to select it. I'm sure in the coming years Facebook will come up with some new gender options, and I'm also curious what they will come up with!<br /><br />Hopefully that's just a Facebook glitch you experienced... not only same-sex parents would have this problem. What about step parents? Someone could easily have "two moms" they want to list on Facebook. There are a variety of reasons to be able to select two parents of the same gender.Jaime Coonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283299989541658517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304470471137165596.post-311079442821201302011-03-01T00:58:42.564-08:002011-03-01T00:58:42.564-08:00haha too true about the facebook relationship stat...haha too true about the facebook relationship status drama. oh sheesh. i'm glad to know that for those of us who do not live in states that have civil unions or domestic partnerships we can still choose "married" or any of the other options. <br /><br />I do agree that there should be other options for gender. what options should there be? that is the question. certainly at least an option to remain unspecified, and an option for transgender.. "transgender f to m" "transgender m to f"? perhaps they should include "genderbender". Simply selecting "other" or something like that does not seem satisfactory at all. Nor is having only two options, however. I do hope facebook expands the options, and I am curious what options will become available!<br /><br />I also remember having trouble with facebook when trying to select your family members. AmityGaia was not able to select me as her mother (unless we were simply experiencing technical difficulties?) because she had already selected Casey as her mother. I was, however, able to select her as my daughter, and now Casey and I are listed as her "parents". I am not sure if this is a facebook glitch or if we just had a hard time figuring it out...coco panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796018992074988687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7304470471137165596.post-11412879705807076822011-02-28T20:09:19.814-08:002011-02-28T20:09:19.814-08:00Great post, Jaime--I did not know they had those o...Great post, Jaime--I did not know they had those options, and I agree--I think it's a good thing!coonbarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06320033755806065025noreply@blogger.com