The relationship status on Facebook is now offering two more options for users to describe their relationship to the world.
In what appears to be an effort to offer more inclusiveness to the GLBT community, Facebook added the options of “In a civil union” and “In a domestic partnership” this past Thursday.
Facebook now offers 11 relationship statuses including, “Single,” “In a relationship,” “It’s complicated,” and others.
Jarret Barrios, the president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation told CNN: “By acknowledging the relationships of countless loving and committed same-sex couples in the U.S. and abroad, Facebook has set a new standard of inclusion for social media.”
According to the same article, Barrios had said that GLAAD among several other gay-right groups had met with Facebook, to lobby for adding the two relationship statuses.
The group said that the changes are now available in several countries, including the U.S., Canada, France, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
According to a Facebook statistics page, there are over 500 million active users of Facebook and offers more than 70 translations available on its site.
