Tinder has just rolled out a transgender-friendly and gender fluid update

Tinder used to have two gender options - now there are 35 to choose from
PA Wire
Liz Connor15 November 2016

The capital’s most popular dating app has just rolled out new features to help its transgender users to have a better experience finding love on the app.

Until now, Tinder users were offered only two options when selecting their identity - man or woman.

But in an effort to better recognise the diversity of its users, it now offers 35 different gender options to choose from.

These include the identity terms “Gender Fluid”, “Two-Spirit”, “Pangender” and “Neither”.

And if users can’t find the term that describes them, they can type in any term that best describes their gender identity or choose to hide their gender completely, the company says.

"Our goal is to provide a product that gives our transgender and gender non-conforming users a better experience on Tinder," CEO Sean Rad said in a statement.

The new feature comes as the app was criticised earlier in the year after a number of people from the transgender community claimed that their accounts were suspended after complaints from other users.

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Tinder is also taking new steps to minimise harassment on its platform, particularly towards the trans community.

Reid says the company has reprogrammed its algorithms to better detect inappropriate harassment and that the company will now have a "far more aggressive" policy towards those that use the app improperly.

Here is the full list of auto-filled genders users can now select on Tinder:

Agender

Androgyne

Androgynous

Bigender

Female to Male

FTM

Gender Fluid

Gender Nonconforming

Gender Questioning

Gender Variant

Genderqueer

Male to Female

MTF

Neither

Neutrois

Non-binary

Other

Pangender

Trans

Trans Man

Trans Person

Trans Woman

Transfeminine

Transgender

Transgender Female

Transgender Male

Transgender Man

Transgender Person

Transgender Woman

Transmasculine

Transsexual

Transsexual Female

Transsexual Male

Transsexual Man

Transsexual Person

Transsexual Woman

Two-Spirit

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