What does 🏳️⚧️ Transgender Flag mean?
The transgender pride flag, designed by Monica Helms in 1999: five horizontal stripes of light blue, pink, white, pink and light blue. Blue and pink are the traditional colours for boys and girls, while white represents people who are intersex, transitioning or outside the binary. It reads the same either way up. People share it on Transgender Day of Visibility (31 March) and Transgender Day of Remembrance (20 November), and in bios to show identity or support.
🏳️⚧️ Transgender Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (special flags), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about blue, light, pink and white.
Example messages
🏳️⚧️ Transgender Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Transgender Flag looks on each platform.
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Transgender Flag emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Transgender Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🏳️⚧️ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :transgender_flag:.
When was the Transgender Flag emoji added?
🏳️⚧️ Transgender Flag was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🏳️⚧️ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Transgender Flag. The underlying code (U+1F3F3 U+FE0F U+200D U+26A7 U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.