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Genderfluid Option

User Profile: DivinePeace
DivinePeace May 4th, 2021

Hello! I'll keep this short and sweet, as I know long posts can typically be daunting, and there isn't much to explain besides the overarching suggestion.

Currently, 7 Cups allows four options for members and listeners to display as their gender. These are: Male, Female, Non-Binary, and having none be displayed with "Prefer not to share."

I was curious if a Genderfluid option could be added to provide a more diverse option for those in the LGBTQ+ community. When I first signed up and explored these settings, I was contemplating picking between Non-Binary and not having anything displayed. I, and am sure others, do not really fit into the non-binary 'label' but don't truly identity with the other options given as well.

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User Profile: Happy900
Happy900 May 4th, 2021

@DivinePeace You raise an interesting point.

Maybe contact our Community Manager, and share your ideas,with her.

Her name is Heather.

You can pm here @Heather225

Hope this helps.

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User Profile: DivinePeace
DivinePeace OP May 4th, 2021

@Happy900

Thank you for reaching out and providing their username. I'll let them know via private message about this forum post. heart

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User Profile: Asher
Asher May 4th, 2021

@DivinePeace

Hi Peace, you bring up a good point about what the gender options on the profiles. It could be a possibility that having those 3 choices was easier for those to understand. With taking in your suggestion I will forward this to the Admins and Ambassadors.

Asher, Academy Mentor Leader

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User Profile: DivinePeace
DivinePeace OP May 4th, 2021

@Asherwolfice

Thank you for taking the time to forward this over to the admins and ambassadors, apprecitate it.

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User Profile: Happy900
Happy900 May 4th, 2021

@DivinePeace Your welcome. Glad I was helpful.

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User Profile: Asher
Asher May 4th, 2021

@DivinePeace , Happy900

To follow up with your suggestion, what do you think are other options to have list on a community profile account?

Asher, Academy Mentor Leader

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User Profile: DivinePeace
DivinePeace OP May 4th, 2021

@Asherwolfice

Perhaps "Gender-Nonconforming" as well could be another? It's a rather huge spectrum.

User Profile: theriverissinging
theriverissinging August 13th, 2021

@Asher
Just found this and wanted to bump up. I'd rather have it custom. One can't really mention all​​​​ the gender identities. So just to be inclusive of everyone, having a custom option sounds good to me.

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User Profile: Asher
Asher August 13th, 2021

@theriverissinging

Thanks for bumping this post. It was talked about in the past about making a Genderfluid option that would allow users to put down Genderfluid or put down the pronouns they like to be used for them. It would be almost like a custom option for the community to add the pronouns they want and also make it easier to identify pronouns as well. Adding more pronouns could get too complex and could result in the community getting confused.

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User Profile: theriverissinging
theriverissinging August 14th, 2021

@Asher
My point is inclusivity and it is possible if there is a custom option, in my opinion. Can you please elaborate on how listing pronouns can result in the "community getting confused?"

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User Profile: Asher
Asher August 14th, 2021

@theriverissinging

Hi Sing, when I meant the community could get confused is based on that there are community members that get confused on pronouns and LGBTQ+ terms as well. There is a lot of learning that is still ongoing with the community learning these terms as well. A suggestion could be adding a Genderfluid option and allowing profiles to have pronouns they like to be used by. For example, you could have "she/they" on your pronouns under your account as well. We want to make sure that we are inclusive of the community but also want to be cautious that we are not exclusive as well to the community.

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User Profile: theriverissinging
theriverissinging August 14th, 2021

@Asher that makes sense partially, it's still just not something I can agree with. I mean it's not really about how good it feels to look at the terms. I might have misunderstood though. Pronouns can be listed manually in the bio too, as I said earlier. It's just that if we're asking for gender identity (in case they prefer to say), let it be what the person prefers to call it. That's all I had to say. Thank you for your replies.

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User Profile: theriverissinging
theriverissinging August 14th, 2021

I do understand that this is thoughtful, though. However, I just meant to say to have a space where any gender identity can be listed. The listeners can and do add their pronouns to their bios anyway, right?

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User Profile: LonleyCheese
LonleyCheese October 11th, 2021

hey there could be like a box where you can type it in that'd be cool, there's just sooooo many it makes sense right?

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User Profile: LonleyCheese
LonleyCheese October 11th, 2021

oof someone already said this, nevermind

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