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The process for updating gender on a Facebook profile is relatively easy, with a few clicks from either the web or mobile platform. This process can be completed when editing an existing profile. The user does need an idea of what gender they want to use, as there is not a comprehensive list on the site. Instead the user has to start typing their gender preference and any gender category matching the characters entered will pop up to choose from.
Update gender in Facebook Profile
Facebook has 56 gender options to choose from. In order to have your profile reflect a new gender option, personal information must be updated by the user.
The user must be logged into Facebook on the profile homepage and have a gender already associated with their profile to update.
1. Click Edit Profile button
2. Scroll page to Basic Information heading
3. Hover mouse over existing Gender until edit button appears
4. Click Edit
5. Select Custom
6. Enter text of gender choice:
- Agender
- Androgyne
- Androgynous
- Bigender
- Cis
- Cisgender
- Cis Female
- Cis Male
- Cis Man
- Cis Woman
- Cisgender Female
- Cisgender Male
- Cisgender Man
- Cisgender Woman
- Female to Male
- FTM
- Gender Fluid
- Gender Nonconforming
- Gender Questioning
- Gender Variant
- Genderqueer
- Intersex
- Male to Female
- MTF
- Neither
- Neutrois
- Non-binary
- Other
- Pangender
- Trans
- Trans*
- Trans Female
- Trans* Female
- Trans Male
- Trans* Male
- Trans Man
- Trans* Man
- Trans Person
- Trans* Person
- Trans Woman
- Trans* Woman
- Transfeminine
- Transgender
- Transgender Female
- Transgender Male
- Transgender Man
- Transgender Person
- Transgender Woman
- Transmasculine
- Transsexual
- Transsexual Female
- Transsexual Male
- Transsexual Man
- Transsexual Person
- Transsexual Woman
- Two-Spirit
7. Click on desired gender selection
8. Click Save Changes
Now the Facebook profile reflects the user’s gender choice
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