addictivepersona
Bluelight Crew
Something that's been bugging me about the profiles on here for awhile, is that one little word of "Gender". Gender isn't male/female or boy/girl, but that is the answer most people expect to see in that box when they want information about you...
Was going to start this thread awhile ago but felt it may get moved to TDS.
All joking aside, is it a possibility to change that term to (or to add another box for) "Sex" or "Biologically [insert term here]", without having to do a major overhaul of the site's infrastructure? ;)
I realize it is an optional field, but I still feel those of us who don't feel the same gender as our genitalia, and have thought about it long enough to know the difference*, shouldn't have to be forced to peg down exactly what our gender is for the sake of appearing normal on a profile page, or be limited to 50 characters when describing it. ;) And sure, we could just put "transgender", but unfortunately there is such a stigma around that--So many do not know the difference between "transgender" and "transsexual" it is a shame IMO.
*I was talking with someone about this, and it was brought to my attention that the apparent "difference" between "anatomical sex" and "gender" may be due to a possible reclassification of the term "gender."
I guess it all really comes down to how/if you define yourself, how you define "gender" and "sex", how nit-picky you are, etc. Let me know your thoughts in relation to BL changing their profile wording, please. :)
For many people, the terms “gender” and “sex” are interchangeable. This idea has become so common, particularly in western societies, that it is rarely questioned. Yet biological sex and gender are different; gender is not inherently connected to one’s physical anatomy.
Sex is biological and includes physical attributes such as sex chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, internal reproductive structures, and external genitalia. At birth, it is used to identify individuals as male or female. Gender on the other hand is far more complicated. Along with one’s physical traits, it is the complex interrelationship between those traits and one’s internal sense of self as male, female, both or neither as well as one’s outward presentations and behaviors related to that perception. ...continued
Was going to start this thread awhile ago but felt it may get moved to TDS.

I realize it is an optional field, but I still feel those of us who don't feel the same gender as our genitalia, and have thought about it long enough to know the difference*, shouldn't have to be forced to peg down exactly what our gender is for the sake of appearing normal on a profile page, or be limited to 50 characters when describing it. ;) And sure, we could just put "transgender", but unfortunately there is such a stigma around that--So many do not know the difference between "transgender" and "transsexual" it is a shame IMO.
*I was talking with someone about this, and it was brought to my attention that the apparent "difference" between "anatomical sex" and "gender" may be due to a possible reclassification of the term "gender."
I guess it all really comes down to how/if you define yourself, how you define "gender" and "sex", how nit-picky you are, etc. Let me know your thoughts in relation to BL changing their profile wording, please. :)