tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-02-22:324 Sophie Sophie 2013-05-24T13:53:07Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-02-22:324:31604 2010-11-04T21:24:25Z 2013-05-24T13:53:07Z angry public 4 About 19 hours ago, I <a href="http://twitter.com/sophira/status/29631245300">tweeted</a> about <a href="http://transfinite.dreamwidth.org/215469.html">transfinite's appalling treatment from deviantART</a>. Since then, that tweet has had 184 retweets.<br /><br />If you haven't seen that post yet, please do so. Basically, a few months ago deviantART removed the option for "Unspecified" from its "Sex" dropdown on the profile, in a move reminiscent of <a href="http://synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/366609.html">what LJ wanted to do</a> (but in the end, didn't). Unlike LJ, however, dA aren't backpedalling on this one.<br /><br />I won't reproduce the full post here, but I wanted to highlight the part that really made me angry. dA responded to a support request that transfinite opened about this issue with "My apologies but there are only two sexes; male and female so one should apply to you. In the unusual case that you are hermaphrodite then I would suggest that you select the one which you feel applies the best."<br /><br />Um. Yeah.<br /><br />I've never been a deviantART member myself, but this only ensures I never will be one.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sophie&ditemid=31604" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments