Facebook Updates Marriage Status To Include Same-Sex Couples
Tech companies are increasingly embracing their LGBT users. First Apple introduced an inclusive line of emoticons and now Facebook is including same-sex partner icons for its "married" status update.
GLAAD offers the details:
Facebook has rolled out a new feature providing additional recognition for its users who are married to a person of the same sex. Now these users who have indicated on their Facebook timeline that they are married will be recognized by new same-sex marriage icons, rather than the marriage icon used for straight married couples.
This change follows several notable LGBT inclusion efforts by Facebook. Last year, Facebook added ‘In a Civil Union’ and ‘In a Domestic Partnership’ options to user profiles. Facebook has also taken significant steps toward preventing anti-LGBT bullying, and created the Network of Support with GLAAD and other LGBT organizations in 2010.
The new icon comes just in time for Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes' gay nuptials.
Another five years and same-sex marriage will be common-place. No longer on FaceBook tho' after my contacts were hijacked and friends/associates received dire requests for money - "it's an emergency! Please send..." Account was deleted and I won't go back. C'est la vie!
Posted by: OS2Guy | Jul 2, 2012 10:07:11 AM
'Bout damned time.
Posted by: sparks | Jul 2, 2012 3:35:14 PM
That is nice, but I don't feel I need to specify if my spouse is female or male. Married is married.
Posted by: Brentano | Jul 2, 2012 9:05:12 PM
It's only available if you've been switched over to their awful "Timeline." If you still cling to the old, uncluttered (relatively) format, the option is not available.
Posted by: TomTallis | Jul 2, 2012 10:22:56 PM