Emojis of families with same-sex parents arrived in early 2015, and an international survey conducted this year found that LGBT emojis are popular, especially in the U.S., where LGBT emojis comprise 0.13 percent of all emojis sent. But in the course of all this celebratory tweeting, Instagramming and meme-making, there has been one noticeable absence: where's the rainbow pride flag emoji?Īpple has made LGBT emojis available for the iPhone since 2012, when they introduced emoji images of female and male same-sex couples. You probably noticed a wide array of other LGBT emojis being used, too - like same-sex couples holding hands, and families headed by two moms or two dads. If you've been on Twitter, Instagram, or anywhere near your phone today, you've surely seen the wave of rainbow and rainbow heart emojis that folks are using to celebrate the historic Supreme Court decision asserting that states can no longer ban same-sex couples from marrying.
