And while I'm here:
You all have probably seen this already, but just in case you haven't: LiveJournal is removing the option to leave your gender unspecified at account creation.
Two reasons this is bad:
1) It leaves people who don't fit into either gender category with no option, contributing further to the invisibility of the transgendered and genderqueer community.
2) It's most likely going to be used for gender-specific advertising, with all the gender stereotypes that implies.
If you'd like to express your displeasure with this decision, fill out the feedback form here, but make sure to be polite, as the people reading the feedback mail aren't the ones who make the decision and yelling at them does nobody any good. Synecdochic provides a god model for a feedback letter at her journal entry above. Doing something with that empty Dreamwidth account is looking like a better and better option.
Two reasons this is bad:
1) It leaves people who don't fit into either gender category with no option, contributing further to the invisibility of the transgendered and genderqueer community.
2) It's most likely going to be used for gender-specific advertising, with all the gender stereotypes that implies.
If you'd like to express your displeasure with this decision, fill out the feedback form here, but make sure to be polite, as the people reading the feedback mail aren't the ones who make the decision and yelling at them does nobody any good. Synecdochic provides a god model for a feedback letter at her journal entry above. Doing something with that empty Dreamwidth account is looking like a better and better option.