Transgender flag Emoji

Flags

A waving flag composed of five horizontal stripes: two light blue, two light pink, and a white stripe in the center. It serves as the recognized international banner for the transgender community.

Usage Context

Widely used to show support for trans rights, celebrate trans identity, or identify personal gender markers in social media bios. It is frequently seen alongside other pride-related icons like 🏳️‍🌈 or the hearts 💖 🤍 💙.

History

Designed by Monica Helms in 1999, the flag was first flown at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2000. It was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2020 after a concerted push for better representation of gender identity in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🏳‍⚧

Unicode

U+1F3F3 U+200D U+26A7

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3f3_200d_26a7:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFF3;‍⚧

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Flags

Subcategory flag

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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