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U+26A4, ⚤
INTERLOCKED FEMALE AND MALE SIGN

[U+26A3]
Miscellaneous Symbols
[U+26A5]

Translingual

Description

Interlocked Mars, male symbol () and Venus, female symbol ().

Symbol

  1. sexual intercourse (between man and woman)
  2. Collectively, gays and lesbians, or LGBT people.
    • 2003, Ken Cage, Moyra Evans, Gayle: The Language of Kinks and Queens : a History and Dictionary of Gay Language in South Africa, Jacana Media, ISBN 9781919931494, 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 (⚥).

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