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|[http://www.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]. Art community. | |[http://www.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]. Art community. | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |As of the ''Eclipse'' update (circa 2020), the website requires neither the gender nor sex of users, only requiring their pronouns instead. The only pronouns available however are "he", "she" and "they". | | style="background-color:#ffb;" |As of the ''Eclipse'' update (circa 2020), the website requires neither the gender nor sex of users, only requiring their pronouns instead. The only pronouns available however are "he", "she" and "they". | ||
Previously, the site required a user to input their sex from a drop down menu of three options, those being "male", "female", and "other". Within another menu however the choice was given as to whether or not their selection of sex was shown on their profile. [ | Previously, the site required a user to input their sex from a drop down menu of three options, those being "male", "female", and "other". Within another menu however the choice was given as to whether or not their selection of sex was shown on their profile. [http://nonbinary.org/wiki/File:DeviantArt_profile_evidence.jpg Evidence, 2015]. | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;" | No. The user profile has a field called "real name," but the user can submit anything into it. Legal names are neither enforced nor commonly used on the site. | | style="background-color:#9ff;" | No. The user profile has a field called "real name," but the user can submit anything into it. Legal names are neither enforced nor commonly used on the site. | ||
| No title field. | | No title field. | ||
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|[http://facebook.com/ Facebook]. Social network. | |[http://facebook.com/ Facebook]. Social network. | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |Requires user to choose male or female when creating an account, but [http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/13/facebook_custom_gender_options_here_are_all_56_custom_options.html up to ten of 56 gender options] may be selected subsequently. A [http://rt.com/usa/236283-facebook-gender-custom-choice/ custom field] was added in 2014. Pronouns: Refers to a user as "she" or "he" depending on the gender they selected. A hack can make the software refer to a user as "they": [ | | style="background-color:#ffb;" |Requires user to choose male or female when creating an account, but [http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/13/facebook_custom_gender_options_here_are_all_56_custom_options.html up to ten of 56 gender options] may be selected subsequently. A [http://rt.com/usa/236283-facebook-gender-custom-choice/ custom field] was added in 2014. Pronouns: Refers to a user as "she" or "he" depending on the gender they selected. A hack can make the software refer to a user as "they": [http://transitioningdownunder.com/post/46753530402/how-to-change-facebook-pronouns-to-they-them-their How to change Facebook pronouns to they]. | ||
| style="background-color:#f99;" |Yes. Enforced. Administrators have suspended the accounts of people who they think might be violating the legal name policy, according to the administrators' own views and discretion. | | style="background-color:#f99;" |Yes. Enforced. Administrators have suspended the accounts of people who they think might be violating the legal name policy, according to the administrators' own views and discretion. | ||
|Facebook has often suspended the accounts of transgender women claiming they violated the legal name policy, even when proof has been provided supporting the legal status of their names. Facebook has also suspended the accounts of [[drag]] artists that were under their performance pseudonyms. | |Facebook has often suspended the accounts of transgender women claiming they violated the legal name policy, even when proof has been provided supporting the legal status of their names. Facebook has also suspended the accounts of [[drag]] artists that were under their performance pseudonyms. | ||
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|[ | |[http://nabyn.com Nabyn]. Art community. | ||
| style="background-color:#ffb;" |Includes "Other" as an option. | | style="background-color:#ffb;" |Includes "Other" as an option. | ||
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|[ | |[https://www.starfriends.org/ Starfriends] (aka *friends). Social network/dating site/ | ||
| style="background-color:#9ff;" |No gender field but you can add your gender and other descriptors as freetext tags. | | style="background-color:#9ff;" |No gender field but you can add your gender and other descriptors as freetext tags. | ||
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