This flag has been a popular request from Emojipedia users, showing in our top 50 requests for 2019, as well as previous lists from 2018, and 2017. Above: When pasted into WhatsApp for Android, this flag works no differently to any other emoji. When sent between WhatsApp for Android users, this flag looks no different to any other RGI (Recommended for General Interchange) emoji - except that the company has yet to include it on the emoji keyboard itself. Other platforms - including WhatsApp for iOS, which uses Apple's emoji set - will show this as the two characters within the sequence ( 🏳️ and ⚧). Only WhatsApp for Android supports this emoji. Image: WhatsApp emojis / Emojipedia composite. Above: The Unicode characters used to create WhatsApp's Transgender Pride Flag emoji. With this addition, WhatsApp have jumped ahead of Unicode, and added a Trans Flag within their own emoji set. When this sequence is pasted into WhatsApp for Android, the individual characters are combined to create the Transgender Pride Flag.įlags have a tendency to rally people around a common cause or identity, and the Transgender Pride Flag has been a popular request for approval by Unicode in recent years. This is created using a ZWJ sequence of the 🏳️ White Flag emoji and ⚧ Male with Stroke and Male and Female Sign Unicode character.
The latest version of WhatsApp includes a Transgender Pride flag, hidden from the emoji keyboard.
