--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # OkCupid Rolling Out New Gender and Sexual Orientation Options  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 17, 2014 10:56 PM UTC  ILLUSTRATION - Ein junger Mann betrachtet am 29.07.2014 in Berlin die Webseite der Partnerbörse OkCupid. Photo by: Maja Hitij/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images ILLUSTRATION - Ein junger Mann betrachtet am 29.07.2014 in Berlin die Webseite der Partnerbörse OkCupid. Photo by: Maja Hitij/picture-alliance/dpa/AP ImagesMaja 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. It is unknown when these options will be available for all users. \[[_NewNowNext_](http://www.newnownext.com/okcupid-adds-loads-of-new-sexuality-gender-options-for-members/11/2014/)\] OkCupid Rolling Out New Gender and Sexual Orientation Options ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3590533/okcupid-gender-sexual-orientation-identity-options/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3590533/okcupid-gender-sexual-orientation-identity-options/"},"headline":"OkCupid Rolling Out New Gender and Sexual Orientation Options","datePublished":"2014-11-17T22:56:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:40.203Z","description":"The new feature isn't yet available to all users","url":"https://time.com/3590533/okcupid-gender-sexual-orientation-identity-options/","keywords":["Living","Newsfeed","gender","Internet","Dating","okcupid","online dating","sexuality"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f27bdecccd071c/69876936f887dca28fe8869f/okcupid-gender.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt56f27bdecccd071c/69876936f887dca28fe8869f/okcupid-gender.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"OkCupid manipulierte Nutzer","caption":"OkCupid manipulierte Nutzer","creditText":"Maja Hitij—dpa/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3590533/okcupid-gender-sexual-orientation-identity-options/","name":"OkCupid Rolling Out New Gender and Sexual Orientation Options"}}]}] ```