One user wrote: "Remember GOD used the rainbow as a promise never to flood the earth again.but he will burn it with fire.so get ready.you can't use a symbol that God created and pervert it without repercussions."īut in an email to the Huffington Post, the social media site confirmed there were not current plans for a Christian emoji to be added to the list of reactions available. His June 25 post, originally created by Facebook user Hikmat Hanna, had been liked more than 28,000 times and shared more than 9,000 times as of July 4, with a number of Facebook users commenting in support of his stance.
You can find the full list of new emoji coming to smartphones in 2020 on the Unicode Consortium's website.Posted by Joshua Feuerstein on Sunday, June 25, 2017 Wednesday's debut of the transgender flag was quickly met with celebration on Twitter from individuals, both trans-identifying and not, who were excited to see added representation for the trans community.
We are really thinking about this in ways we haven't in the past." "We're starting to recognize when people need other ways to express themselves. "Anytime we can make anyone feel more seen and included, it's a good thing," Jean-Marie Navetta, a spokesperson for a LGBTQ-inclusive family organization called PFLAG, told Business Insider in 2019. When gender-neutral emoji started rolling out, LGBTQ community members quickly praised them for giving them options for emoji that look more like them and shirk traditionally gendered characteristics. Among those in the always-online Generation Z, only two-thirds identify as heterosexual, and 35% know someone who uses gender-neutral "they/them" pronouns. The addition of LGBTQ-inclusive emoji has become an increasingly important issue for smartphone users. The addition of these emoji is the latest step taken in providing the LGBTQ community with equal representation in the virtual language of emoji, harnessed by smartphone users in text messages, social media posts, and phone contacts. Claus a man and gender-neutral person in a veil a woman and gender-neutral person in a tuxedo and a gender-neutral person holding a baby.
Among emoji representing bubble tea and ninjas, the Consortium OK'd the flag that represents transgender individuals, made up of stripes in light blue, pink, and white.īesides the transgender flag and symbol, the new emoji include some gender-neutral and gender-inclusive options for emoji that already exist: a gender-neutral Mx.
More than 100 new emoji were recently approved for release in 2020 by the Unicode Consortium, the group that sets the industry standard for text and emoji across various platforms. The slew of new emoji rolling out to smartphones this year will include the transgender flag and symbol, finally ceding to LGBTQ advocates who have long asked for additional representation.