When you have this need, you should clearly articulate this to your users, and you should provide flexible options. Not doing so, as is unfortunately mandated f

When you have this need, you should clearly articulate this to your users, and you should provide flexible options. Not doing so, as is unfortunately mandated for US EEO compliance, leads to poorer quality data as employees who are non-gender-conforming are uncertain or unable to answer the question in a way that reflects their identity. Collecting demographic data for equality purposes is admirable but still needs to be done carefully and with an eye towards capturing the diversity of your user base. Simply throwing in a gender male/female question can actually make this situation worse rather than better by actively turning away certain individuals.