HelenaBonham Carissa

My birth year, when created my avatar, is way over 18 years old, yet I can not click on the "adult" for searching for places in sl. MP I can search for adult... and in my preferences I have GMA clicked... but in the upper right bar for searching for places to go it only comes up GM and A is grayed out. I can not receive gifts from friends that are adult checked either. What is going on and how can this be fixed???