Dating app Tinder is looking to expand its horizon.
Currently, users are only given two gender choices for their profile and to describe dating preferences: male and female. Soon they'll be able to list other gender choices and dating preferences.
"For a long time we haven't done enough to give [transgender people] a good experience," Tinder CEO Sean Rad said Thursday at the Code Conference. "It's not only good for the Tinder community, but it's the right thing to do for the world."
Transgender people complained getting banned from using the app because they identified themselves as transgender. A company spokesperson said in a statement that it's working with LGBTQ advisers and activists to address this important demographic.
There are dedicated dating apps and services for the community too, such as Transgndr and Thurst, but they're not as well known as Tinder.
Other tech companies have paid attention to issues facing the transgender community.
Facebook, for example, has dozens of options for gender.
Source: CNN Philippines
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