rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/facebook-limits-on-love?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-facebook-limits-on-love' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Organization for Polyamory & Ethical Non-monogamy https://actionnetwork.org/groups/organization-for-polyamory-ethical-non-monogamy https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/365/186/original/4.png Human connection is unlimited. So why does Facebook put limits on love? Every day, billions of people around the world use Facebook to nurture and showcase the connections that matter most to them. Facebook provides a range of features intended to facilitate connection, including the ability to list a "relationship status" on a profile. Unfortunately, Facebook users are limited to listing just one relationship status (and tagged partner) on their profile, an arbitrary restriction that prevents non-monogamous individuals from celebrating the connections that matter most to them. Ethical non-monogamy, also referred to as consensual non-monogamy, is a term encompassing a range of relationship practices involving multiple partners, with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved. One in five American adults will take part in consensually non-monogamous relationship at some point in their lives. According to researchers, almost half of ENM practitioners say they’ve been discriminated against. Those same researchers note that stigma can be reduced by actions including “providing affirming recognition of people’s relationship choices.” Given the growing prevalence of ethical non-monogamy, we believe that restricting users to listing only one relationship status on their Profile is arbitrary, exclusionary, and contrary to Meta's (Facebook's) core values. At best, this feature restriction perpetuates the erasure and marginalization of non-monogamy; at worst, it harms non-monogamous users by perpetuating social stigmas around the validity and authenticity of non-monogamous relationships. All Facebook users should have the right to indicate all of their romantic and intimate partners, without limit. That's why I added my name to this petition to demand that Meta remove Facebook's limits on love by allowing users to add multiple relationship statuses to their profile. Will you join me? https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/facebook-limits-on-love