U+26A5, ⚥
MALE AND FEMALE SIGN

[U+26A4]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+26A6]

Translingual

Gender-equality symbol

Etymology

  • female plus male

Symbol

  1. (botany) Perfect (flower), hermaphrodite.
  2. (LGBT) Transgender.
    • 2003, Ken Cage, Moyra Evans, Gayle: The Language of Kinks and Queens : a History and Dictionary of Gay Language in South Africa (in English), Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 48:
      In the 1970s, gay liberation movements used the male and female symbols superimposed (⚤) to represent the common goals of lesbians and gay men. These days, the superimposed symbols might also denote a heterosexual awareness of the differences and diversity between men and women. A transgendered person might superimpose the male and female symbols in such a way that the arrow and cross join on the same single ring ().
  3. Sexual intercourse.
    • 2013, "Open House Begins!", episode 8 of High School DxD New
      [Xenovia has a few condoms with the symbol interlocked with the symbol(a heart).]
Gender and sexuality symbols
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