Anti gay emoji
Alleged Anti-LGBT Emoji Causes Viral Uncertainty
In its reporting on the anti-emoji, the Out magazine also refers to the much-vaunted resilience of the LGBT community. However, the extent of this viral hit in some places suggests a certain thin-skinnedness – apparently, many representatives of this people still don’t feel fully accepted by society.
Just a digital Beard
Or was the “scandal” rather a premature summer slump phenomenon because there was no other outrage circulating in the social web at that moment? The fact that the Unicode phenomenon with the “no entry” coincidentally went viral now and in combination with the rainbow flag does come across somewhat peculiar. After all, the phenomenon as such was already mentioned in a Fun Emoji Hacks collection by Emojipedia, the online emoji reference, in 2016. There, it’s also explained how the negating code comes about and illustrated vividly with examples like “no chocolate,” “no babies,” “no fun.” So, neither new nor anti-LGBT – which Emojipedia clarifies via Twitter the tracking day.
Russia 'may ban queer emojis' under 'propaganda' law
In response to the complaint, media watchdog Roskomnadzor asked the youth organization of President Vladimir Putin's political party, the Young Guard, to report on the matter.
Kirill Grinchenko, a spokesman for the Young Guard, told Izvestia that the group had not yet received a request to look into the matter but was "ready to deal with the protection of rights on the Internet under Russian law".
On Tuesday the founder of Children-404, an online community for LGBT teenagers in Russia, was fined 50,000 roubles (£520; $830) after a Russian court ruled that the site was guilty of distributing "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors".
Russia has faced international criticism for its anti-gay laws. Individuals can be fined 4,000-5,000 roubles if they are convicted of promoting so-called non-traditional sexual relations, with much higher fines for businesses and workable jail sentences for foreigners.
Apple first added emojis depicting queer couples to its operating system endorse in 2012. An update earlier this year introduced emojis showing gay couples with children, and hu
Apple’s anti-gay emoji is not real but it could be a real disaster
As far as situations go, Apple should contemplate itself lucky: a real anti-LGBT emoji would have been a disaster.
If you’re still upset with the company over the anti-gay emoji, it’s time to study that it was nothing more than a glitch that’s not even Apple’s doing; it’s Unicode!
Unicode Consortium basically assigns each chat, symbol, and emoji their control number as a way to identify them, so, when playing with the code, people were able to put a strike-through circle over any emoji, and it doesn’t even work on all devices.
The anti-gay emoji still made its way to social media, but instead of an uproar, many members of the LGBTQ+ community made fun of the situation and started using the new “anti-pride” flag as a joke.
It was as if we all knew there was no way this could be real. Apple is lucky, again, that this community has the best sense of humor.
However, this does bring up a limited questions: What if the emoji was real? Why should we care?
Apple releasing anything anti-gay in 2019 would be not only harmful for their business and a PR disaster, but harmful for a community that’s already been strugg
Indonesia bans LGBT emojis
Human Rights Observe (HRW) on Friday urged Indonesian President Joko Widodo to condemn anti-Lesbian, Male lover, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) statements by officials after the information ministry said online messaging platforms could be banner for carrying "LGBT stickers" and emojis on their services.
"President Jokowi should urgently condemn anti-LGBT remarks by officials before such rhetoric opens the door to more abuses," said HRW's LGBT right director Graeme Reid in the letter.
The letter documented several incidents in which officials violated LGBT people's "internationally protected rights to education, health and access to information," according to HRW.
"Protecting LGBT people from aggression and discrimination is part of Indonesia's human rights commitments. President Jokowi should make an unambiguous statement of sustain for the fundamental rights of all Indonesians and pledge to protect LGBT people from attacks," Reid added.
Blocking LGBT content?
On Thursday, Indonesian information ministry spokesperson Ismail Cawidu said social media platforms could be banned for not removing LGBT emoticons and stickers from their service.
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