gender-examples

gender examples

This page documents how people currently publish gender information on the web, and what gender terms are supported by current web user interfaces. This research will hopefully be useful to the genealogy microformat effort, as well as efforts to extend vCard, and therefore hCard.

examples

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sites and services

Sites and services that allow users to enter and publish their gender. Please add to this list. In alphabetical order:

• Digg's About Me settings page(requires login) has a Gender popup that appears to be inspired by Pownce's list:
  • Guy, Girl, Dude, Lady, Fellow, Bird, Chap, grrrl, Gentleman, Damsel, Male, Female, Transgender, None of the Above
• LiveJournal's Edit Profile(requires login) page provides a popup menu for gender with the values in order:
  • (Unspecified), Male, Female
• Ma.gnolia's Edit Your Profile on Ma.gnolia(requires login) page provides a popup menu for gender with the values in order:
  • Female, Male, Other
• Pownce's Profile Settings(requires login) interface has a Gender popup with the following values in order:
  • Guy, Girl, Dude, Chicky-poo, Bloke, Bird, Lady, Gentleman, Male, Female, Transgender, None of the Above

discussion elsewhere

• Because gender isn't binary
• Social networking sites & gender identity

related

• genealogy
• hCard
• vcard-suggestions