Popular dating app Tinder is planning to unveil new transgender-friendly features soon. Currently, Tinder does not cater to transgender users with its binary gender classification of male and female only. Some transgener people have called for a ban on Tider who they accuse of bullying.

"There's a transgender community on Tinder and we haven't done enough to give them a good experience," Tinder's CEO Sean Rad said.  He added that Tinder's current setup does not cater to the needs of transgender users. Rad stressed that the changes will not only be good for Tinder but its "the right thing to do for the world."

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Tinder is said to be collaborating with activist Andrea James and Gay and Lesbian Association Against Defamation to ensure that the update takes all the factors into account. The dating app currently provides only two options for gender identification. Last year, the company came under heavy criticism after one of its users was banned from the site. The issue happened after the banned user was reported as a transgender by a male user she was matched to.

The app will now have a more flexible system for people to identify themselves as transgender. The new features are likely to be implemented within next two months. The move comes following a debate about the rights of transgender individuals.

Rad said that the new system will make the app safer for transgender people and will let them "be who they are."

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