Trans people had previously made use of the lobster emoji to represent themselves. Furthermore, on January 29th this year the transgender pride flag emoji was finally approved, after years of rejected proposals. This release also included gender neutral couples, with mixed skin tones (skin-tone modifiers for other emoji had been available since 2015). In March 2019 Unicode released 59 new emoji (230 if you include modifiers), which included options for varying gender, skin and hair color as well as for people who use hearing devices, prosthetics, a white cane, guide dogs, service dogs, and wheelchairs. Recent releases of emoji by Unicode, for example, have signified a long asked-for improved representation for disability rights and LGBT communities. But emoji can of course mean very different things for different people. At cApStAn we have been exploring the potential of emoji as a developing language for some time and find this an interesting field of research. And the emoji real time tracker on Twitter flashes so fast it comes with an epilepsy warning. The numbers about emoji use are mindboggling: it is estimated that more than 700 million are used every day in Facebook posts alone. By Pisana Ferrari – cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
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