The LGBTQ+ community already has hard times trying to gain support, and this new emoji doesn’t help. It’s simply a glitch in the system when using Unicode characters.” When Herb Scribner from Deseret News stated a quote from Fast Company, it said, ”This new Apple emoji does not exist. “It shouldn’t be possible,” said Mitchell to Out. Using Unicode characters, it is possible to grab an emoji and put a strikethrough circle overlaying the emoji. What the real emoji is, is just a glitch in the system. “I’ve been embracing it, but it’s also dangerous for people to use it hatefully,” said Mitchell, the Twitter user who discovered the emoji, on Pink News. This emoji has been discovered for a month before the Twitter user claimed to had discovered it, but didn’t say anything, due to the fear of how it might be used. The emoji is only visible through mobile and not on desktop. The “new emoji” is basically the LGBTQ+ flag with a strikethrough circle that means ‘no’ over it. Around February 18th, 2019, a Twitter user, tweeted about a “new emoji” that he claims to have discovered.
