also, it's not a political choice.
As a custom profile field, you can have any combination of choices that suits YOUR beliefs
How is that, in any way, political?
Being you are calling it beliefs you kinda already are validating what I said, as being Male and Female is not a belief
yet "other" is a established as cultural distinction for if there was a solid distinction it would be Male Female Blue, Green etc?
Other is established within our western culture not defining a sex but a unknown distinction. You guys are all developer and bless you all for what you do, but you are not cultural specialist that takes decades of studies to understand how cultures are founded and operate.
It was a leap whether SMF recognizes it or not, as it may not be relevant here, but it has possibilities elsewhere.
The downside is that this can be made fun of and bantered and allows those whom do not approve of that particular life some have, and now can use SMF software to exploit that option it has, why it may be said any addition could be manipulated in such ways this particular option allows that opening to be exploited. Having worked with many in those varied communities, there is a fine line between validation and condescension. As I said don't have to agree and seems you all don't, but not looking at this from other angles and not recognizing this is a political western culture choice addition in the software was my point. If you don't see the point, does not make it invalid as this is something SMF could not be experts at as no previous experiences suggest otherwise even in this topic no one mentioned any research or studies were done on impact, use etc. The fact there is a topic such as this, and an addition to the software shows on its own the significance of such an addition since it was added based political knowledge in our own culture for we would have no reason to see such an addition otherwise.
Just answering a question since it was asked.
SW
