Emojis of families with same-sex parents arrived in early 2015, and an international survey conducted this year found that LGBT emojis are popular, especially in the U.S., where LGBT emojis comprise 0.13 percent of all emojis sent. Ik the anti gay emoji is a glitch, but’s it a bit suspicious that even though the glitch works with any emoji, the crossed out pride flag is the only one that shows up in frequently used. But in the course of all this celebratory tweeting, Instagramming and meme-making, there has been one noticeable absence: where's the rainbow pride flag emoji?Īpple has made LGBT emojis available for the iPhone since 2012, when they introduced emoji images of female and male same-sex couples. You probably noticed a wide array of other LGBT emojis being used, too - like same-sex couples holding hands, and families headed by two moms or two dads. This includes most prominently Bisexuality and Transsexuality / Transgenderism. has been documented by Unicode, other sexuality flags or symbols have been requested as well. The new emoji, set to the symbol of pride, the rainbow flag, will be available throughout the whole of June - the traditional month for which Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer people celebrate. If you've been on Twitter, Instagram, or anywhere near your phone today, you've surely seen the wave of rainbow and rainbow heart emojis that folks are using to celebrate the historic Supreme Court decision asserting that states can no longer ban same-sex couples from marrying. Ever since the Rainbow Flag emoji which stands variably for the Peace Movement, Gay Pride, the LGBTQ community etc. The emojis you may come across, such as the popular 'Anti-LGBT Flag' emoji is NOT a new emoji, but simply the Gay Pride Flag emoji with a combining character.