Facebook adds icon for married gay couples
Facebook now accommodates gay married couples as the social media network has added a cake topper icon with two male or female partners to it.
The new icon will appear in the “Marriage” Timeline event pop-up and can be changed between two women or two men.
Users still cannot choose a non-standard icon without linking their spouse’s Facebook account, which means that if one person in a couple does not have an account, the other user will be stuck with the old design.
This comes just a year after the social network began allowing gay and lesbian couples to list themselves as being in either a “civil union,” or in a “domestic partnership.”
Facebook has also been a longtime supporter of the LGBT community and GLAAD awarded Facebook a GLAAD Media award in June for its efforts in support of Spirit Day and combating cyberbullying. And recently, it added “In a Civil Union” and “In a Domestic Partnership” as options for users’ relationship status.
The company is one of many now sounding off for gay advocacy. Nabisco also made headlines recently after it released an ad featuring a rainbow Oreo cookie created to celebrate homosexuality.