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Oct 12, 2026
Luke SimpsonHOST
Transgender actor and activist Charlie Craggs campaigned for a trans flag emoji to be included as a standard.
Luke SimpsonHOST
After years of campaigning, setting up an online petition, and hijacking the lobster emoji, Charlie Craggs' battle with the Unicode Consortium was finally over on this date in 2020, when the company announced they would be introducing a trans flag emoji later that year.
Luke SimpsonHOST
Until then, Craggs had called for trans people and their allies to use the lobster emoji as a substitute to show the consortium how much use it would get.
Luke SimpsonHOST
Why the lobster? "Lobsters are low-key kinda trans.
Frankie ValHOST
So what does this all have to do with emojis? Well, consider this.
Frankie ValHOST
Unicode 8 was released the same year the Omani government joined the Unicode Consortium.
Frankie ValHOST
That is 2015.
Frankie ValHOST
Unicode 8 was also, quote, known as the occult edition of Unicode.
FrankHOST
So what does this all have to do with emojis? Well, consider this.
FrankHOST
Unicode 8 was released the same year the Omani government joined the Unicode Consortium, that is, uh, 2015.
FrankHOST
Unicode 8 was also, quote, "Known as the adult edi- the occult edition of Unicode," in which there are 72 face core emojis and some number of demonic powers in the Ars Goeta.
FrankHOST
And here in...