Tinder introduces genderfluid, transgender-inclusive options
Tinder has today launched their new trans-inclusive feature on their app, meaning users can identify as genders other than male and female.
The change comes after many transgender users said their accounts were being suspended from the dating app after complaints from other users.
Now, along with the man and woman options, you can also choose trans, trans man, trans woman and transgender. Users also have the option not to display their gender on their profile.
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āNo one will ever be banned from Tinder because of their gender. We havenāt had the right tools to serve our diverse community in the past, but that changes today,ā a statement on Tinderās website said.
āWe know that we havenāt been perfect in the past,ā the statement continued before inviting people that had wrongfully been removed in the past back to the platform.
In June, Tinder CEO Sean Rad confirmed the dating app would roll out changes so that people wonāt have to identify as only āmaleā or āfemaleā.
Trans people have previously reported negative experiences on the app ā with trans groups warning last year that people are frequently banned from the app or barraged with abuse, after being matched with people who took exception to them.
The app relies on community reports ā meaning if enough people report a profile, it is likely to be banned before a review is possible.
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At the time, Tinder said it would work on filters to specify more gender identities than just āmaleā and āfemaleā ā which may help stop people being matched up with trans people who donāt want to be.
āFor a long time we havenāt done enough to give them [trans people a good experience,ā Rad said in June. āItās harder for them to get what they are looking for. We have to modify our experience to address that.ā
āItās not only good for the Tinder community, but itās the right thing to do for the world.ā
