So gender definition time .... this could get messy

[Jethro]

Writing a web app for a new site coming in due course, on an NDA unfort.

Am working through member sign up and the dicey decision on gender, considering we have like a zillion genders now apparently, up from the historic 2, I've gone with

(Not Defined, Male, Female, Other). Anyone think I'm going to get cancelled for missing an obvious one?

(Was going to include Welsh, but apparently the joke is getting old).

[Gumboot]

Do you need to have a small number of options, or can you have a "Specify your gender" option?

[sockwithaticket]

You've got one too many there - male, female, other covers everything.

That's what my prvious work place went with when doing root and branch re-design and no one complained.

[Guy Smiley]

I like the question on the old immigration slip flying into Thailand (and Nepal I think) for gender…

Male
Female
Other


Covers everything. I reckon you’re good to go with yours Jethro but some Karen might find an issue.

[dkm57]

Depends what it's for, I think

Male
Female
Other
covers it

[Insane_Homer]

Depends what it's for, I think

Male
Female
Other
covers it

"None of my business"

[Hal Jordan]

Or more politely, Rather Not Say is a good option I have seen on a fair amount of these sorts of things.

[Biffer]

Or more politely, Rather Not Say is a good option I have seen on a fair amount of these sorts of things.

Your difficulty with that nowadays is there are people would would want to say but don’t have the opportunity. At least ‘other’ allows them the opportunity to state a difference.

[Sandstorm]

Male
Female
Vegan

[Tilly Orifice]

Is there a need to ask?

[LoveOfTheGame]

Surely...

Male
Female
Other
Gavin

[Lobby]

You could try the Tory/GB News/Daily Express version:

Male
Female
North London Liberal Metrosexual
Woke Snowflake

[Hal Jordan]

Or more politely, Rather Not Say is a good option I have seen on a fair amount of these sorts of things.

Your difficulty with that nowadays is there are people would would want to say but don’t have the opportunity. At least ‘other’ allows them the opportunity to state a difference.

I meant as an additional choice, sorry, I should have been more clear.

[Jethro]

You could try the Tory/GB News/Daily Express version:

Male
Female
North London Liberal Metrosexual
Woke Snowflake

Snuck in Woke Snowflake, waiting to see when someone notices.

We have "Not Selected" if someone by-passes the selection or doesn't want the horror of choosing.

Site owners want to know the gender of their members for targeted emails apparently.

[Lobby]

You could try the Tory/GB News/Daily Express version:

Male
Female
North London Liberal Metrosexual
Woke Snowflake

Snuck in Woke Snowflake, waiting to see when someone notices.

We have "Not Selected" if someone by-passes the selection or doesn't want the horror of choosing.

Site owners want to know the gender of their members for targeted emails apparently.

You're definitely getting cancelled when that one is noticed.

[Slick]

This kind of stuff is causing carnage at our kids Primary school…..

The trans parent at the school kicked off 2 years ago because she asked to run in the women’s parents race (think I’ve got this right, she was a man now a woman) and the school said no. Cue a small amount of outrage on FB. So last year they made all the races for kids and parents mixed, but lots of the girls got upset because they didn’t win anything. So this year they selected 3 boys and 3 girls from each class to run a small race, loads of kids crying on the day because they weren’t allowed to run in the race…

It’s very frustrating that an entire school of 700 kids is so impacted by one person on what is meant to be a really fun day

[Jethro]

You could try the Tory/GB News/Daily Express version:

Male
Female
North London Liberal Metrosexual
Woke Snowflake

Snuck in Woke Snowflake, waiting to see when someone notices.

We have "Not Selected" if someone by-passes the selection or doesn't want the horror of choosing.

Site owners want to know the gender of their members for targeted emails apparently.

You're definitely getting cancelled when that one is noticed.

They picked it up pretty quickly, was forced to replace with "South Australian" Wonder if the PTBs will forget about that one when it goes live, queue the howls of anger from down South.

[Random1]

This kind of stuff is causing carnage at our kids Primary school…..

The trans parent at the school kicked off 2 years ago because she asked to run in the women’s parents race (think I’ve got this right, she was a man now a woman) and the school said no. Cue a small amount of outrage on FB. So last year they made all the races for kids and parents mixed, but lots of the girls got upset because they didn’t win anything. So this year they selected 3 boys and 3 girls from each class to run a small race, loads of kids crying on the day because they weren’t allowed to run in the race…

It’s very frustrating that an entire school of 700 kids is so impacted by one person on what is meant to be a really fun day

Didn’t the government release some guidance for schools to avoid that situation?

On the main topic though - male and female are not gender related words. They’re sex words.

So, just put sex; male or female. That solves it.

[JM2K6]

Is there a need to ask?

This is the most relevant thing, I expect

[Tichtheid]

I think “Another” is better than “Other”