Now, Facebook
introduced a new Timeline feature that allows same-sex couples to declare their
marriage status on the site with icons that best reflect the relationship,
rather than the standard icon of a bride and a groom used for straight couples.
Facebook CEO and
co-founder Mark Zuckerberg was among one of the 1,800 members that Liked
Hughes’ update.Viewers can see their wedding photos as well on the facebook.
This feature was
first noticed over the weekend when Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes married
his partner Sean Eldridge. An icon of two grooms was added to Hughes’ Facebook
Timeline to announce their wedding news.
Facebook CEO and
co-founder Mark Zuckerberg was among one of the 1,800 members that Liked
Hughes’ update.Viewers can see their wedding photos as well on the facebook.
This is not the
first time Facebook has showed support of same-sex couples. In February 2011 it
introduced two relationship options for those in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) community, including “In a domestic partnership” and “In a
civil union.”
For further
reference, Facebook has partnered with GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation) to prevent anti-gay bullying from occurring on the site. It also
launched a Network of Support panel with MTV’s A Thin Line campaign to address
LGBT issues and launches a Stop Bullying: Speak Up campaign with Time Warner.
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