[cbeach]

... and don't forget androgynous, genderfluid, intergender, demigender, amalgagender

http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Non-binary

God knows you wouldn't want to upset 0.0000001% of the entire population by leaving out their special category.

[warfangle]

It's a bigger percentage than you think. Non-binary is a pretty inclusive designation, and effectively represents "not entirely male" and "not entirely female" and any and everything inbetween. Genderqueer is a similarly inclusive designation.

It's important because not representing it as a viable selection reinforces discrimination[0] against those who don't identify as one of the binary genders.

In any case, your reduction of things to 0.0000001% of the entire population is pretty heinously insensitive (then again, this is Hacker News, so cis-sexism and transphobia is generally expected). And pretty false. In a UK survey, 0.4% (or 1 in 250 people) identified as neither fully male nor fully female [1].

Edit: by adding more than the binary male/female, especially with a salary thing like this, you can more easily expose discrimination in pay between not only those who identify as male or identify as female but also those who identify as trans/queer. And given that there is a lot of discrimination out there against us (it's not even illegal to discriminate against trans/genderqueer in many, many, many states), it's an important data point to collect.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination_towards_non-bin...

1. http://practicalandrogyny.com/2014/12/16/how-many-people-in-...

[cbeach]

I have nothing against people that choose to identify as whatever niche sexuality they fancy. But I do have a problem with them demanding special treatment to the nth degree, and claiming "discrimination" if their particular demands aren't met.

[warfangle]

And yet everything you're writing shows the exact opposite. Gender identity and sexuality, for example, are orthagonal. A common misconception. One can be assigned male at birth, be genderqueer, and be primarily attracted to those who were assigned female at birth.

There is nothing special treatment about having the ability to identify yourself as yourself.

And discrimination is very real, from being fired for being trans/genderqueer to being murdered for being trans/genderqueer.

Heightening visibility by, e.g., providing an option on a salary survey, helps fight against the very real violence that the LGBTQ community still experiences.