Cross out gay flag emoji
In the meantime, members of the LGBTQ community have decided to have some fun with the anti-LGBTQ emoji. “However, if a user is targeted with this kind of emoji, and we have context that the intention is to shame, degrade, or harass based on membership (or perceived membership) in a protected category, we will action under our Hateful Conduct policies.”
“The way the emoji is appears is due to Unicode presentation on iOS, and on its own is not a violation of our rules,” a Twitter spokesperson told Paper. Pride Flag Emoji : Facebook Brings Back Pride Flag Emoji But Not For. Twitter say they are aware of the issue and are taking steps to fix it.
CROSS OUT GAY FLAG EMOJI CODE
The following table shows the name and meaning of the cross symbols along with the HTML code (hexadecimal and decimal) and Unicode. On the desktop version of Twitter the two emoji appear one after the other, but on the mobile Twitter app they merge together. The bug was first revealed on YouTube by Oregan-based EverythingApplePro and, who discovered that it affects any iOS device. The cross symbols is a text symbol that can easily copy and paste into any social media, website, and emails.
Mangia Updates a Bullet Train February 19, 2019įortunately, it turns out it’s not an official emoji created by the Unicode Consortium (yes, that’s a real thing), rather it’s a glitch that merges the pride flag emoji and the “prohibited” emoji to create a bizarre crossover emoji. WHY IS THERE AN ANTI GAY FLAG EMOJI… IM SCREAMING ?️?⃠ ?️?⃠ ?️?⃠ ? /PikdyxJAvn
While the majority of people using it are part of the LGBTQ community themselves, the potential for it to be used maliciously by homophobes and transphobes is a valid concern. The emoji, which appears as a rainbow pride flag with a strikethrough on top of it, recently began circulating on Twitter and has seen increased usage since, with some christening it the “no homo” emoji. An anti-LGBTQ emoji has appeared on social media, and people aren’t happy.