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Seems like it's too late for that.

You should just add another option and ignore the haters.

(edit: thanks)

Not sure if it would be a big deal. Some things are bug deals if treated as one. Transgender has been a long existing thing, the awareness of our particular civilization might not be high.

>Transgender has been a long existing thing, the awareness of our particular civilization might not be high.

Now I'm curious about the fraction of "other"

You already did (start a controversy). If you can add "other", I suggest you do so. It will reduce some of the fallout.

ok i added the "other" choice without trying to come up with a cute/smart description.

The problem with other is that people are clicking it for fun.

I quite doubt there are 15 other to 42 female (to 735 male).

But, um, why do you assume people are clicking "other" for fun and not clicking "female" or "male" for fun? Do you have data about people's reasons for clicking? Is there some data on HN's readers' gender distribution with which you can disprove - oh wait, that's what this poll was intended to provide...