2020’s Emoji Lineup Unintentionally Includes ‘Lesbian’ Version Of The Eggplant
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The Unicode Consortium, the universal standard for emojis, recently announced the confirmed lineup of new emoticons that will enter mobile devices this year. Apart from the bubble tea icon, one of the most talked-about additions in Emoji 13.0 is the pinched fingers emoji, known by some as “Italian hand.” It turns out that there’s yet another reason this emoticon is set to be among the most popularly-used ones this year.
Aside from appealing to people of Italian descent, the pinched fingers emoji is raising eyebrows in the LGBTQ community for its… versatility. Specifically, Twitter users have been hailing it as the “fisting” emoji.
The reference was first implied by brand strategy consultant Nicolette Mason, who tweeted, “Who wants to tell them?”
“At last, OUR eggplant emoji has arrived,” author Kate Gorton replied. “The Italian lesbians are having a field day right now,” commented another Twitter user.
Emoji 13.0 comprises 117 emojis, 55 of which are gender and skin-tone variants. However you may use it, you might be happy to learn that the pinched fingers emoji will be available in six skin tones.
Unicode tells DesignTAXI that the new emojis will arrive by September or October this year.
Who wants to tell them https://t.co/Ens5IeKaGq
— nicolette mason (@nicolettemason) January 29, 2020
REPRESENTATION!!!
— Jeanna Kadlec 🌈 (@jeannakadlec) January 29, 2020
At last, OUR eggplant emoji has arrived
— kate gorton 🗽 (@KGisWriting) January 30, 2020
Indeed, indeed. We deserve 2 emojis, for our multitudes.
— kate gorton 🗽 (@KGisWriting) January 30, 2020
the italian lesbians are having a field day rn
— MycrofetteHolmes (@mycrofette) January 30, 2020
These are going to come in verrrrrry handy
— Mary Emily O'Hara (@MaryEmilyOHara) January 29, 2020
[via GO Magazine, images via various sources]
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