{"id":550,"date":"2022-05-25T06:51:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T06:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtch.com\/?p=550"},"modified":"2025-05-13T22:06:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T02:06:37","slug":"56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtch.com\/de\/single-trust-and-safety\/56\/","title":{"rendered":"OkCupid Defines Identity Options to Help Non-binary and Transgender Daters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"single_trust_wrap\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"left tinymce-content\">\n<p>OkCupid is also releasing new in-app questions for LGBTQ+ users<\/p>\n<p>OkCupid was the first dating app to offer expanded gender and orientation options, and we now offer users 22 genders and 20 orientation options. We\u2019re also one of the only non-exclusively LGBTQ+ dating apps that does not force users to select being shown in a binary context. Last Pride Month, we further expanded our identity options for LGBTQ+ users, now giving queer daters over 60 identities to choose from. (And since we know people don\u2019t fit in a single box we allow you to choose up to 5 different identities!) This Pride Month, we\u2019re excited to share that we have added new in-app, matching questions dedicated to our LGBTQ+ daters around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The LGBTQIA community is not only important to us, it\u2019s important to you.\u00a0<strong>Nearly all (97%) of our daters on OkCupid care about LGBTQ+ issues, and 7 in 10 daters say it is important that their match cares about the LGBTQ+ community.<\/strong>\u00a0We also found that\u00a0<strong>97% of nearly 1.5 million people on OkCupid support marriage equality.<\/strong>\u00a0We have always believed love is love.<\/p>\n<p>Our new matching questions, added in honor of Pride Month, help you discover everything from how a match supports the transgender community to what pride means to them.\u00a0<strong>These matching questions, along with all of our other questions about and for the LGBTQ+ community, have been answered 30 million times to date.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What we\u2019re asking:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you advocate for LGBTQ+ rights?<\/li>\n<li>Is it important that your date cares about transgender rights?<\/li>\n<li>Is it OK to silently support the transgender movement?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think LGBTQ+ rights are at risk given the current Supreme Court?<\/li>\n<li>What does Pride mean to you?<\/li>\n<li>How would you prefer to have children?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1spqrdyb5o0fj.cloudfront.net\/uzqE6HNT7s9BczJqvKaDshbusmOCMhLbMXzPxR3Y.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What you\u2019re saying:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>74% of OkCupid respondents say they advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, and Gen Z are 7% more likely than Millennials and 21% more likely than Gen X to do so<\/li>\n<li>About 7 in 10 Gen Zers (67%) and Millennials (64%) say it\u2019s important that their date cares about transgender rights<\/li>\n<li>98% of non-binary respondents said it\u2019s important that their date cares about transgender rights<\/li>\n<li>71% of female respondents said it\u2019s important that their date cares about transgender rights<\/li>\n<li>51% of male respondents said it\u2019s important that their date cares about transgender rights<\/li>\n<li>People who said every voice and vote matters when supporting the transgender movement received 6% more conversations and 11% more Likes than those who feel it\u2019s a personal choice to silently support the movement<\/li>\n<li>A majority (71%) of OkCupid respondents in the United States feel LGBTQ+ rights are at risk given the current Supreme Court, and Millennials are the most concerned generation<\/li>\n<li>43% of LGBTQ+ respondents said Pride means equal rights for all; 38% said being authentically them; and 19% said celebrating everyone<\/li>\n<li>57% of gay men would like children, with 31% wanting to adopt, 19% choosing surrogacy<\/li>\n<li>7% considering fostering (while 43% of gay men said they don\u2019t want children)<\/li>\n<li>65% of lesbian women would like children, with 42% saying they or their partner would carry the baby, 21% wanting to adopt and 2% who would opt for surrogacy (while 36% do not want children)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1spqrdyb5o0fj.cloudfront.net\/zMmh3dRxJPoBqchsb8vuQmICswjZ3bdY0vFyHyzJ.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theblog.okcupid.com\/genders-orientations-on-okcupid-2e66caf8072b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We are also updating our gender and orientation pages on our app.<\/a>\u00a0After hearing from different LGBTQ+ users, we realized there was an opportunity to educate and inform people about the different identities we offer. Beginning soon, we will be adding definitions to each of our gender and orientation options to help people better understand what these terms mean, and better serve all our users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we head into Pride month, OkCupid is ensuring users can more accurately and authentically be represented on the platform. We know from our work the difference this makes to LGBTQ+ people,\u201d said Shoshana Goldberg, Ph.D. MPH, Director of the HRC\u2019s Public Education &#038; Research Program. \u201cKudos to them for their continued commitment to getting LGBTQ+ representation on the platform right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/give.hrc.org\/page\/106587\/donate\/1?ea.tracking.id=or_gnr_hrc_OKCupid_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please consider making a donation to HRC today to fuel the fight for equality.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0MichaelK@OkCupid.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.okcupid.com\/?shortlink=44c7b6b0&amp;c=BlogPosts_2021&amp;pid=Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download OkCupid<\/a> to find a date now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; OkCupid is also releasing new in-app questions for LGBTQ+ users OkCupid was the first dating app to offer expanded gender and orientation options, and we now offer users 22 genders and 20 orientation options. 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