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Gender Options

Levi Sauerbrei
$organization

Apologies if this has been asked before but I couldn't dig it up in searching the site and documentation.

Is there a system table or other area that will allow me to add options to the gender dropdown?

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  • $organization

    But doesn’t it also raise the question over why you would want to record gender at all, not to mention the inherent problems with guessing at gender?..  Other than a ‘nice to know’ for Development purposes, how would your marketing change?  J 

     

    (this might make a good MKT discussion topic at the conference?)

     

    Cheers,

    Kathleen

     

    From: Tessitura Technical Forum [mailto:forums-technical@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Graeme Ellis
    Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 5:54 AM
    To: Kathleen Smith
    Subject: Re: [Tessitura Technical Forum] Gender Options

     

    Hey Beau,

    The out-of-the-box gender options are still fixed as Male and Female.  We don't use those and instead store gender in a custom attribute where we have more control over the options.

    Grae

  • $organization in reply to Kathleen Smith

    +1 on having this as a discussion topic at TLCC - in the Education world at First Stage we have long asked for a student's gender, and are now starting to receive forms with "N/A" or "?" marked instead. Diversity & Inclusion seems to be a big topic and something that definitely needs to be embraced in the world of data!

    Patrick Schley
    Academy Services Manager
    First Stage

     

  • $organization in reply to Patrick Schley (Past Staff Member)

    Thanks everyone for your feedback on the topic - very interesting discussion!

    BV

  • $organization in reply to Beau Vigushin (Past Member)
    In this day and age, hard coding only male or female (or blank) options seems out of touch with the world we live in! Does anyone know if an enhancement request has been submitted for this? Martin
  • $organization in reply to Martin Keen (Past Member)
    Hi Martin, Arts Centre Melbourne submitted an enhancement request for this in October. “As an industry that encourages engagement and community across all areas we would like to be able to take a more inclusive approach when providing options for customers and the team to choose from in the Gender field on a constituent record. Add a system table (or similar) that allows licensees to define options for the Gender drop down selection in addition to the existing Male and Female options. We would like to be able to add options for people who identify as gender neutral.” Kim
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  • $organization in reply to Martin Keen (Past Member)
    Hi Martin, Arts Centre Melbourne submitted an enhancement request for this in October. “As an industry that encourages engagement and community across all areas we would like to be able to take a more inclusive approach when providing options for customers and the team to choose from in the Gender field on a constituent record. Add a system table (or similar) that allows licensees to define options for the Gender drop down selection in addition to the existing Male and Female options. We would like to be able to add options for people who identify as gender neutral.” Kim
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