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someone has kaijupup and kaijupuppy so i can’t use the url i always put for screen names :(

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realised that the username "kaijupuppy" was finally free... so i have changed my tumblr name to that!

so, find me at kaijupuppy now!

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Transgender Twitter isn’t here for the platform’s gendered assumptions

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Transgender Twitter users aren't here for the platform's gendered assumptions. And they sure aren't hesitating to make that known.

Here's the deal: Twitter released a new set of tools on May 17 which allow users to see and control the data advertisers use to target ads on the social media platform. While the move was a clear effort to increase transparency and trust between users and the social media machine, the actual data Twitter has collected is giving many users pause.

SEE ALSO: Watch these trans kids learn the value of self-love from their parents

Notably, many trans and gender-nonconforming users are troubled that Twitter has been guessing the gender of users based on the gender most strongly associated with a user's "profile and activity."

Though it's not clear what portions of a user's profile or activity contribute to a gender guess, many have drawn the conclusion that Twitter must rely on some pretty bogus gender stereotypes to decipher gender. And, as we all know, stereotypes can often be wrong.

While it may be funny for non-trans users to see that the mysterious algorithm got their gender vastly wrong, trans and gender-nonconforming Twitter users are speaking out about how assuming gender can be harmful. For some of these users, the algorithm picked their sex assigned at birth, not their actual gender identity. And that can be incredibly invalidating, hurtful, and angering.

Unsurprisingly Twitter's new gender algorithm ignores tweeting about being trans all the time (deleted and reposted b/c oops personal info) http://pic.twitter.com/uknVh0fqFM

Logan (@thekirwin) May 19, 2017

Twitter assigned me a bloody binary gender. NOT TODAY YOU DON'T, ASSHOLE. #nonbinary #trans

binary smasher (@kiwinerd) May 19, 2017

@twitter as a trans person your app deciding my gender for me really fucking upset me, thanks. im not a girl, tyvm http://pic.twitter.com/hzrOypD0EC

raw guacamole @CFz (@kaijupuppy) May 19, 2017

Oh HEY it turns out automatically assigning a gender to your twitter users for analytics is garbage for trans people. http://pic.twitter.com/07oPF1RhN2

natalieClayton! (@ScarletCatalie) May 18, 2017

. @Twitter You've made your site misgender trans people and enforce weird gender stereotypes. This sucks and is upsetting and pointless http://pic.twitter.com/9b7J6S3RDU

CheeseNamerSafeSpace (@mountlandme) May 19, 2017

Twitter does allow users to edit their assumed gender by selecting male, female, or writing in a gender identity outside the binary. But that's only possible after you reckon with the gender chosen for you.

@exodusenby My gender on twitter dot com is now "fuck you" in the lil add gender box

Basic Trans Boy (@LocalBTB) May 19, 2017

Tools for guessing gender aren't singular to Twitter. Other tech giants, like Google, assume the gender of users based on their activity to better target ads and content. But given the growing ability to express a spectrum of gender identities in society, the model needs some serious updating or phasing out.

Mashable has reached out to Twitter for comment, and we will update this post if we hear back.

Watch: What parenting a transgender teen teaches you

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