Timing the announcement during National Transgender Awareness week, the dating company sought advice from the well-known LGBT media organization GLAAD, who approved of the changes. "It sends a strong message of acceptance when a platform like Tinder clearly tells its users that transgender people are welcome," said Nick Adams, director of GLAAD's Transgender Media Program. "This update reflects a growing awareness that trans people are part of the fabric of everyday life, which in turn, accelerates acceptance for transgender and gender non-conforming people."

Now you can spend less time working around the platform's binary gender definitions and more time getting that perfect profile photo.