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Facebook Adds "Domestic Partnership" & "Civil Union" To Their Relationship Status Options
It's about time!
Facebook has finally added "domestic partnership" and "in a civil union" to their relationship status options.
Users in the U.S., Canada, France, the U.K., Australia, and several other countries were able to choose from the new options on Friday.
Facebook's manager of public policy communications Andrew Noyes says:
"This has been a highly requested feature from users. We want to provide options for people to genuinely and authentically reflect their relationships on Facebook."
This has been a positive change for the LGBT community and many people are speaking out about it. Michael Cole-Schwartz, a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign says:
"As LGBT people face a patchwork of relationship recognition laws, this gives people more tools to adequately describe their relationship. Facebook has been a company that has tried to be inclusive of the LGBT community and this just one sign of it."
And president of Equality Matters, Richard Socarides, added:
"Facebook has always been an empowering place for gay people–it's a place you can be yourself in relative safety. This is a natural progression of that. In most places, gay Americans can't yet marry but they may be able to formalize their relationship short of marriage. This change reflects that reality. Well done."
This is definitely a positive change in the right direction.
What do U think?
Tags: change, civil union, domestic partnership, relationship status
Dianna Agron And Alex Pettyfer Call It Quits!
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Your status will be stuck on single regardless.
Sweet!
My neighbor is in an abusive man we call pig whore. That should be on the list too.
I am thrilled by this! My spouse and I have two children and a mortgage together. We've been in a relationship for eight years- but have chosen not to legally marry for many reasons. It's bothered me to list myself as 'in a relationship' with him, when this applies to many situations (including a couple teenagers seeing one another), but 'married' and 'engaged' do not also apply. I'm proud to finally be able to share our true relationship status with our friends and family.
I was wondering how long it would take for you to post this!
it would be better to be able to put married and actually mean it! but it's a step in the right direction
How about "civil unrest"?
Re: iloverickymartin – So, you live next door to Pumpkinhead Mario?
I'm a gay Englishman, and even though if I got married to my boyfriend I would technically be in a "civil partnership" I will list myself as married anyway.
Re: Carlo Wally Rob Beecroft – Anybody who shares a contract is in a "civil partnership" actually, so if you get married you would still have all the right to choose "married" instead the other one.
ehm domestic partnership sounds lame to me anyway. like its not okay for gay people to use the term relationship. partnership whats that? 2 friends living together that only cuddle?
Re: bleahf – exactly. That was the point I was making?
Re: Love Achii – ur so dumb