When filling out applications, we are often asked to identify ourselves.

Name? Address? Gender?

The last question usually supplies two boxes. But now, that is changing.

As Annapolis considers new anti-discrimination legislation to protect transgendered people in Maryland, Facebook recently embraced non-traditional expressions of gender identity by adding more than 50 new options for users to classify their own gender.

Whether you’re a traditionally masculine or feminine person unfamiliar with new terminology… or a non-conforming person looking for the right word to describe your specific gender identity, this article from The Daily Beast explaining the meaning of each new Facebook gender category may be useful.

Many of the terms overlap or describe similar identities, but the sheer number should allow for individual Facebook users to find the best possible descriptor for themselves.

What do you think? Do Facebook’s new gender options speak to your gender identity?