The new emojis were announced on Tuesday by the Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit that maintains software standards. “TRANS FLAG EMOJI TRANS FLAG EMOJI NEW INCLUSIVE WEDDING EMOJIS INCLUSIVE PARENT EMOJIS IM GOING BONKERS IN F–KING YONKERS I LOVE THIS,” tweeted GLAAD also lent its support, tweeting, “The trans flag and other inclusive emoji are being added for 2020.”īut there is some controversy as the emoji pool also contains a “pinched fingers” emoji, which is supposed to represent the universal “whaddya talking ’bout” gesture, or the Italian phrase “ma che vuoi,” meaning “finger purse” - however, it is also a rude gesture for the sexual act called “fisting.” Crossed-Out Pride Flag Emoji Combination (), also known as 'No Homo' Emoji, refers to a Unicode symbol combination which appears as a crossed-out pride flag on iOS mobile devices when emojis 'Pride Flag' and 'Prohibited' are combined. Last week, Twitter users went wild for the new, inclusive signs. The discovery of the emoji combination and its consecutive spread online sparked an outrage, with some users misinterpreting it as a new emoji. The LGBTQI community is giving a big thumbs up with excitement over the new crop of emojis.Īmong the 117 new emojis that could hit Apple’s next update are the trans flag, a trans symbol, a gender-neutral bathroom sign, a gender-neutral Santa and a rainbow cat piñata. Ukraine's LGBTQ Pride parade celebrated in Warsaw, Polandĭiagnosed HIV cases plummet during pandemic - but that's probably bad news

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