Transgender Flag Emoji PNG
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A transgender person is a person born with a certain biological sex, but who feels himself/herself as a person of the opposite sex, has a corresponding consciousness and behavior, i.e. has a gender identity inherent in the other sex. Most often transgenderism has nothing to do with sexual orientation. Today, quite a few people around the world declare themselves transgender, and in this regard, even the standard set of Unicode emoji in 2020 was supplemented with an official Transgender flag, which we will discuss below.
🏳️⚧️ The Transgender Community Flag emoticon has been added to the Flags section of the Emoji 13.0 standard Emoji 13.0 in 2020.
By the way, the Flag is not the only symbol of Transgender people. The most popular and recognizable transgender symbol is the combined signs of female and male gender – a ring with an upward pointing arrow indicating male and a cross pointing downward indicating female; sometimes this is also joined by a combined arrow and cross. Before the Trangender Flag emoji was added to the set, it was usually replaced by this symbol, accompanied with the white flag emoticon.
⚧️ The Transgender emoticon was assigned the code U+26A7 U+FE0F, with which it was added to the Unicode 4.1 standard characters section in 2005.
Meaning of the Transgender Flag Emoji
A transgender person is a person whose gender identity is not the same as the one assigned to them at birth. Light blue stripes represent the traditional “male color”. The light pink stripes represent the traditional “feminine color.” The white stripe, on the other hand, represents intersex people, those in transition, or people who consider themselves gender-neutral. The flag was designed by trans woman Monica Helms in 1999. The flag first appeared at Pride in 2000 in Arizona.
The main colors of the transgender flag are pink, blue, and white. The top and bottom stripes on the flag are blue, the so-called “traditional” color for boys. The stripes next to them are pink – the “traditional” color for girls, and the white stripe in the middle denotes intersex people, those who are trans or gender neutral. “The idea behind the flag is: No matter which direction you fly, this path is always the right one,” the author explains the meaning of the flag with these words.
Monica Helms is a veteran of the United States Navy. At the same time, she is an activist and writer. Helms currently lives in Atlanta and is actively involved in organizing the International Day of Remembrance for Transgender People in that state. She donated the first transgender flag to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., which houses LGBT-themed collections and specimens.
The Use of the Transgender Flag Emoji
Orientation flags play an important role in representing different groups in the LGBT community. They help people to feel a sense of identity and belonging to like-minded people.
In general, the diversity of LGBT flags reflects the breadth of orientations and identities. Their symbolism has deep meaning for members of the community.
With their own flags, members of the community try to express their identity and feel unity with like-minded people. Their diversity reflects the wide range of orientations and identities of the LGBT community.
Conclusion
Transgender Flag Emoji is one of just two officially represented LGBT flags in the Unicode emoji set, available for different operating systems. This already says a lot about its importance and popularity. Nowadays people are in their right to express their position and using emoji is one of the ways to do it, whether in personal messages, social media posts or statuses.
