Translingual
Description
Interlocked Mars, male symbol (♂) and Venus, female symbol (♀).
Symbol
⚤
- sexual intercourse (between man and woman)
- Collectively, gays and lesbians, or LGBT people.
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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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