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U+26A5, ⚥
MALE AND FEMALE SIGN

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

Translingual

Symbol

  1. Hermaphroditic.
  2. Intersex.
  3. Transgender.
    • 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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