--- title: OkCupid Rolling Out New Gender and Sexual Orientation Options description: The new feature isn't yet available to all users canonical: https://time.com/3590533/okcupid-gender-sexual-orientation-identity-options/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-17T22:56:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:40.203Z og:title: OkCupid Rolling Out New Gender and Sexual Orientation Options og:description: The new feature isn't yet available to all users og:url: https://time.com/3590533/okcupid-gender-sexual-orientation-identity-options/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f27bdecccd071c/69876936f887dca28fe8869f/okcupid-gender.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3589 og:image:height: 2019 og:image:alt: OkCupid manipulierte Nutzer og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: OkCupid Rolling Out New Gender and Sexual Orientation Options twitter:description: The new feature isn't yet available to all users twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f27bdecccd071c/69876936f887dca28fe8869f/okcupid-gender.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # OkCupid Rolling Out New Gender and Sexual Orientation Options > Sponsored content. 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Photo by: Maja Hitij/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Maja Hitij—dpa/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 17, 2014 10:56 PM UTC Dating site OkCupid is granting select users[ additional options for listing gender identity and sexual orientation](http://www.newnownext.com/okcupid-adds-loads-of-new-sexuality-gender-options-for-members/11/2014/) in their profiles. “You’re part of a select group with access to this feature,” reads a message some users have reported seeing, according to pop culture site _NewNowNext_. “Keep in mind as we continue to work on this feature: For now, editing your gender and orientation is only supported on the desktop site.” Users were previously only able to identify their genders as male or female and their sexual orientations as gay, straight or bisexual. Included in the new sexual orientation options are asexual, queer, questioning, pansexual, and sapiosexual (where intelligence is the most important factor in attraction). For gender, new options include cis men and women, transgender men and women, genderqueer, genderfluid, gender nonconforming, intersex and others. 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