Nothing new, and can be done with any emoji pic.twitter. If you have seen tweets like this and assume this is an official emoji it’s merely combining two existing characters. The butch lesbian flag is one variation of several. E.g.: ?⃠ no chocolate, ?⃠ no babies, or ?⃠ no fun /KvG6dJQsxO- Emojipedia ? February 19, 2019 Lesbian flags, including the lipstick lesbian flag and labrys lesbian flag. The Unicode character ⃠ U+20E0 COMBINING ENCLOSING CIRCLE BACKSLASH is programmed to appear over the top of the previous character (on supported systems). Straight ppl: /Sq8ANUgn6O- Triggerology February 19, 2019 Nothing new, and can be done with any emoji,” it confirms. The sequence combines the white flag emoji with the transgender symbol to create the blue, pink and white transgender pride flag. “If you have seen tweets like this and assume this is an official emoji it’s merely combining two existing characters. Neither is the combination of the two characters a glitch.Īccording to Emojipedia, the ‘no’ symbol-officially named the ‘Combining Enclosing Circle Backslash’-is programmed to float above the emoji that precedes it. Screenshots taken by users reveal that the alienating symbol appears on other networks as well, such as Instagram. People reading his tweet with the iPhone would see that the crossed-out circle is hoisted over the LGBT flag, creating what looks like a single emoji. The ‘emoji’ was first discovered in January, when Twitter user Mitchell-who goes by the handle ‘ mioog’ and identifies as gay-tweeted a combination of the pride flag and prohibition sign emojis next to each other. Luckily, it’s not a new-or even real-icon that’s set to roll out with 2019’s edition of emoticons, but the result of the way Unicode is programmed. Real emojis are never created on accident.Twitter users have been in a frenzy over a supposed ‘anti-gay emoji’ that sees the pride flag being canceled out. If this were real, many people would be upset. So, the homophobes lose this round: There is no real anti-gay emoji.Īs for Apple, the company should be relieved but also take this situation as a warning. It knows its worth, and is loved by many. The pineapple does not care what you think. To make this clear: you thinking pineapple doesn’t belong on pizza is just an opinion. It stops being just an opinion when it starts having a negative effect on the lives of others. This is because when you tell a member of the community that you are “anti-LGBT,” you tell them “I am anti-YOU.” You tell them you don’t agree with the way they choose to love and express themselves. However, this does bring up a few questions: What if the emoji was real? Why should we care?Īpple releasing anything anti-gay in 2019 would be not only harmful for their business and a PR disaster, but harmful for a community that’s already been struggling to gain support and awareness.
Apple is lucky, again, that this community has the best sense of humor. It was as if we all knew there was no way this could be real.
The anti-gay emoji still made its way to social media, but instead of an uproar, many members of the LGBTQ+ community made fun of the situation and started using the new “anti-pride” flag as a joke. Unicode Consortium basically assigns each text, symbol, and emoji their own number as a way to identify them, so, when playing with the code, people were able to put a strike-through circle over any emoji, and it doesn’t even work on all devices.
If you’re still upset with the company over the anti-gay emoji, it’s time to learn that it was nothing more than a glitch that’s not even Apple’s doing it’s Unicode! As far as situations go, Apple should consider itself lucky: a real anti-LGBT emoji would have been a disaster.