Thankfully, it seems like it's only been used as a joke by the gay community so far, though who knows how long it'll just stay on that particular corner of the Internet. And, naturally, users have been having a field day with the 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.” Late last night, the 'no homo' emoji a struck-through pride flag began popping up around Twitter. “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. But the emoji doesn’t exist, according to Fast Company. The emoji was believed to be an anti-LGBT emoji, according to The Sacramento Bee. Twitter say they are aware of the issue and are taking steps to fix it. Social media went off on Tuesday when a Twitter user shared a picture of an LGBT rainbow flag with a crossed-out circle through it. On the desktop version of Twitter the two emoji appear one after the other, but on the mobile Twitter app they merge together. 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. Go to your email/iMessage/SMS texting service/document and paste the emoji. Go to and press the copy button (above).
#No gay flag emoji how to#
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. How to copy and paste the Pride Flag Emoji to any device.