Gender fail update

LJ's reply...

[blockquote]
Thank you for taking the time to contact us with your concerns. We
understand that gender is not binary, and intend to respect that
understanding for our users.

At this time, the code you reference is not live on the site, and will not
become so in the future. We know that you, and many other users, have
serious concerns about any requirement to specify gender, so we'd like to
take a moment to explain events and our position further.

The intention of this code was to change the sign-up process to include a
field for the selection of gender; that the code would completely disable
the "Unspecified" option at the same time was deemed unacceptable. While
the code in question had gone to our beta (testing) server, it had not
gone to our production server, and will not do so due to this problem.
Furthermore, we'd like to clarify that code posted to the changelog
community is not always final, as such code must then go through the beta
testing process and can often be changed before actual implementation.

Additionally, some erroneous information has been spread regarding the
potential public display of the gender field. We would like to clarify
that gender is not currently publicly displayed on the profile, nor
anywhere else on the site, and there are no plans to change this
behavior.

Regards,
LiveJournal Community Care Team
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Ok, so it may be just stupid programmer tricks...