Since it's conception, social networking site Facebook has only allowed users to choose between 2 genders: male and female. However, this week, they changed that by adding over 50 new gender options. Cristen Conger is here for DNews this week to talk to you about the difference between the difference between sex and gender. Read More: How Many People Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender? http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-How-Many-People-LGBT-Apr-2011.pdf "Increasing numbers of population-based surveys in the United States and across the world include questions that allow for an estimate of the size of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population." Here Are All the Different Genders You Can Be on Facebook http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/13/facebook_custom_gender_options_here_are_all_56_custom_options.html "Facebook on Thursday added more than 50 custom gender options for users who don't identify simply as 'male' or 'female.'" Which Facebook Gender Are You? What Social Network's FIFTY New Different Genders To Choose From Actually MEAN http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2558768/APNewsBreak-New-gender-options-Facebook-users.html "Facebook has completely revamped its gender settings to allow for options other than just male or female. The feature is designed to help transgender users of the site, and now has 50 options, including 'cisgender,' 'transgender' and 'intersex'. The site has also updated its setting to allow users to select a neutral pronoun referring to them as they, their or them." Follow Cristen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CristenConger Watch Cristen on 'Stuff Mom Never Told You': http://www.youtube.com/user/StuffMomNeverToldYou/ Watch More: Short Men vs. Tall Women http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkAABAvtY4s TestTube Wild Card http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-462-cool-sound-waves?utm_campaign=DNWC&utm;_medium=DNews&utm;_source=YT What Your FB "Likes" Say About You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SNeQXWn3xk ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com

• published: 15 Feb 2014
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