How to Edit Your Gender Identity on Facebook

When signing up for a Facebook account, people typically choose a gender while filling out their basic information. Gender options on Facebook used to be limited to male or female, but now it offers dozens of options. It's easy to edit your current gender option or add a new one if you never set it. Here's how.

Multiple Gender-Identity Options

In 2014, Facebook worked with advocates from LGBTQ groups to add additional gender options to accommodate users who don't identify as either male or female.

At that time, Facebook rolled out more than 50 different gender options, including Bigender and Gender Fluid. The social platform also lets users decide what pronoun is most appropriate for them, for example, she, he, or they.

Facebook has added more gender options since its initial 50 were created. It hasn't released a comprehensive list, but as many as 71 options have been counted.

How to Add or Change Your Facebook Gender Option

To change or edit gender options on Facebook:

Log into Facebook and go to your personal page.
Select the About tab.
Select Contact and Basic Info.
Select the Edit icon next to your gender. This opens a drop-down menu with three options: Female, Male, and Custom.
If you choose Custom, a text field appears. Selecting it opens another drop-down menu with many options to choose from. Pick the ones you want to add them to your profile. Additionally, you can specify which pronouns you want to use.
Use the Facebook privacy button to designate who can see your gender on your profile. You can choose to make it public, make it viewable for friends only, and more.
Select Save to keep your changes.

Examples of Facebook Gender Options

Facebook's gender options include:

Agender
Androgynous
Bigender
Cis
Cis Female
Cis Male
Gender Fluid
Gender Questioning
Male to Female
Trans
Trans female
Trans male
Transgender Person
Transsexual
Transsexual Female
Transsexual Male
Two-Spirit