An LGBTQ dating app has gone so far down the rabbit hole of sexual identity that it offers users 325 potential gender/sexuality combinations to help find the perfect match.
Her, which claims to be “the biggest lesbian app worldwide”, is a continuation of the likes of Tinder and Grindr, but exclusively for gay women – or any of the other 324 possible permutations.
Lez do this ???? pic.twitter.com/IgiFz3ihOY
— Her App (@HerSocialApp) July 14, 2016
The baffling array of choice comes from Her’s dedication to inclusivity, and as such is open to the bi-curious, Two-Spirited, polysexual and pangender alike.
To this end it offers 13 sexuality options, and 25 different genders, which we list in full below.
In total this gives rise to a total 325 potential combos – though the chances of finding a flexisexual mak nyah in your area are probably slender.
Obviously, the only thing you can’t be is a man.
Users can pick able to pick the following sexuality options:
- Lesbian
- Queer
- Gay
- Bisexual
- Bi-Curious
- Fluid
- Pansexual
- Flexisexual
- Polysexual
- Asexual
- TBD
- Questioning
- Straight
And combine them with any of the following gender identities:
- Female
- Trans Female
- Non-Binary
- Boi
- Agender
- Androgynous
- Bigender
- Cis Female
- FTM
- Gender Fluid
- Genderqueer
- Intersex
- MTF
- Other
- Pangender
- Trans Person
- Transgender
- Transsexual
- Two-Spirit
- Hijra
- Kathoey
- Mak Nyah
- Muxe
- Waria
- Mahu
The level of choice is enough to give New York City a run for its money. The city government recognises 31 gender identities, but has no separate sexuality field so leaves citizens with fewer than a tenth of the options proffered by Her.
Here’s how random passers-by in Times Square got on telling the difference between the 31 NYC-approved identities:
And more options still could follow. The developers of the app actively invite users to submit suggestions in case any identities have been missed and inadvertently discriminated against.
