Facebook For Gay Rights..

For many on Facebook, relationship status is a key feature. So it was frustrating to many that their own status wasn’t even an option — gays and lesbians who live in states where same-sex marriage is not legal. Facebook is remedying that by adding “In a domestic partnership” and “In a civil union.”
These two selections join “Single,” “In a relationship,” “Engaged,” “Married,” “It’s complicated,” “In an open relationship,” “Widowed,” “Separated” and “Divorced.” It seems timely, if not overdue, considering there are probably a lot more people who wish to openly disclose they are in a domestic partnership or civil union than an open relationship — or a complicated mess.