Google responds to privacy concerns and gives the option to hide the gender field on your Google+ Profile.
If you hide your gender, Google uses singular they pronouns when talking about you.
So you can now proudly show ‘Other’ as your gender or have a selectively secret binary gender, happy in the knowledge that Google only shows it to trusted people you opt in to telling.
As an added bonus singular they as gender neutral pronouns are treated as universal (can apply regardless of gender), giving yet more precedent for this usage.
Great job Google!
NB, the YouTube video has closed captions for deaf and HoH people, just click ‘CC’ on the bottom bar.
Great job Google indeed!
Just another reason I love Google.
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Commentary on how Google+ and other social networks could go further to improve security and utility for trans* members,...
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google+ is still creepy because your info is so out in the open for people that google you… like the man…
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Just another reason I love Google.
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Dear everybody else, take note of google, and follow.
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And this is why Google is one of the most noted equal ops employers. Much love, Google!
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Now let us use names that weren’t assigned to us at birth and I’ll get an account.
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I’m all for the idea that different names and/or nicks should be selectively shown to different people at your...
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Just one note for those following...captions. The captions say
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practicalandrogyny reblogged this from practicalandrogyny and added:
This is a good start but...can do better. They could easily allow a write in field
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proves it listens...Facebook, you can do better!
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Posted 9 months ago
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