When Facebook earlier this year added many nonbinary options for indicating gender, I complained that the range of choices to indicate family members who are also on Facebook remained traditionally gendered. No more. They’ve just added gender-neutral options for many family members.
Facebook took a positive step forward today by offering users the ability to indicate a gender option other than just female or male. Now one can choose transgender, trans woman, trans man, trans person, intersex, genderqueer, gender fluid, and many other variations — about 50 in all. But the range of choices to indicate family members who are also on Facebook remains traditionally gendered.
The best part of running this blog is being part of the larger community of LGBT parent bloggers online. I thought I’d take a moment, therefore, to remind readers that there are several ways to stay in touch with Mombian across the various online channels where you might hang out:
I’ve finally decided to bite the bullet and move all Mombian Facebook goodness over to a Fan page. The Mombian Group has been growing strong—over 260 members at last count—but a Fan page makes a few things easier to manage for me. So: Even if you’re a member of the Group already, please click the
Gender Spectrum, which “provides education, training and support to help create a gender sensitive and inclusive environment for all children and teens,” has launched a beautiful new Web site with a ton of information and resources. Parents of transgender or gender-variant children will find the site (and organization) of particular interest, but other parents and
A reminder to all readers that there are several ways to stay in touch with Mombian: Subscribe to Mombian by Email to receive a Daily Digest of Mombian posts. (Max of one e-mail per day, even if there are several posts.) Join the Mombian Facebook Group to meet other members and receive an occasional message
A reminder to all readers that there are several ways to stay in touch with Mombian: Subscribe to Mombian by Email to receive a Daily Digest of Mombian posts. (Max of one e-mail per day, even if there are several posts.) Join the Mombian Facebook Group to meet other members and receive an occasional message
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