Queer Women Deserve Sex Toys Made Specifically for Them

Wet For Her’s Alice Derock explains why lesbians, bi women, and other female-identifying people have specific sexual needs.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/1/30/queer-women-deserve-sex-toys-made-specifically-them

There’s finally an official trans flag emoji

A trans flag emoji is likely to soon be appearing on your phone.

Unicode, the non-profit organization responsible for defining which emojis make it onto all platforms, including iPhones, Android devices, and computers, has just unveiled new emojis approved for use.

The new symbols will be rolled out in the second half of 2020.

In total, 117 new emojis have been approved. These include a smiling face with a tear rolling down its cheek, a face that’s obviously wearing a disguise, pinched fingers, people hugging, a rainbow-colored piñata, and a ninja.

Video: Every new emoji approved for 2020 #Emoji2020 t.co/epo6rbkMYK pic.twitter.com/Fnj6f4VnIs

— Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) January 29, 2020

Several figure-based emojis will be available in male, female and gender-neutral forms, including someone feeding a baby, a mustached man wearing a bridal veil, and a woman wearing a tuxedo.

New in Emoji 13.0: Man With Veil, with skin tone support #Emoji2020 t.co/PS1DyNHGwn pic.twitter.com/mpipd0E40S

— Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) January 29, 2020

Related: GOP lawmakers want to ban Pride and trans flags on public buildings

On Twitter, the announcement of a trans flag emoji prompted a huge response. Unicode has also approved the transgender symbol (), which is an amalgamation of the male and female signs.

New in Emoji 13.0: Transgender Flag #Emoji2020 t.co/DT0nXZx6HM pic.twitter.com/y3oEUHZUTD

— Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) January 29, 2020

Many people simply responded with a simple, “Trans rights.”

dang guys
you really came up with some original replies for this one pic.twitter.com/EL6z6dnXkD

— JetpackGamer (@JetpackGamer456) January 29, 2020

Predictably, some people took offense to the new flag emoji and used it as an excuse to voice bigotry and prejudice – which brought a swift reprimand from others.

So much triggered snowflakes for an emoji that isnt mandatory to use

— Lilynestimable montre florivore flirteuse (@AntoninLaMontre) January 30, 2020

“For trans folk being able to say ‘transgender’ in emoji and to be out and proud and let our allies visibly support us is a huge deal for our community,” said Tea Uglow, who helped co-author the proposal for the emoji, reports Mashable.

“We’re really happy to have finally crossed into mainstream culture. It’s been an amazing team effort around the world.”

www.queerty.com/theres-finally-official-trans-flag-emoji-20200130?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

One Million Moms: Super Bowl Ad Featuring Drag Queens Promotes ‘Sexual Confusion’

Fresh off a campaign against Burger King’s use of “the d-word” — damn, not dick – One Million Moms is calling on the NFL and Fox to pull a Super Bowl ad featuring drag queens 

As we mentioned the other day, the ad for Sabra hummus stars RuPaul’s Drag Race alums Miz Cracker and Kim Chi, according to a teaser released this week: 

“It’s [SIC] will be the first commercial of its kind in Super Bowl history, and One Million Moms is asking that it be removed from the advertising lineup immediately,” the group wrote. “Sabra Dipping Company LLC is choosing to push an agenda of sexual confusion instead of promoting its actual product. The PC-inclusive ad blurs the biological distinctions between male and female. Normalizing this lifestyle is contrary to what conservative, Christian parents are teaching their children about God’s design for sexuality. Thanks Sabra! Now parents have to explain to their confused children!”

One Million Moms, which is part of the American Family Association (an anti-LGBTQ hate group), previously issued a general plea for the NFL to “keep the Super Bowl clean,” and now says the Sabra ad is “not what we had in mind.” 

“Some of our supporters no longer watch NFL ballgames, but for those families who still do, we are asking this year’s Super Bowl halftime show and commercials be kept family friendly,” the group wrote.

Not surprisingly, One Millions Moms isn’t the only right-wing group taking issue with the ad. LifeSite News has launched a petition calling for people to boycott the Super Bowl over the ad.

“Do not allow yourself to be used by the LBGT activists who see sport as the final frontier of their conquest to shove their shameful agenda down the throats of everyone, in every area of life, at all times,” the petition states.

“Fans are really disappointed that Fox – of all channels – would allow this type of ad,” said Scott Schittl, one of LifeSite’s campaign managers. “But, if enough people pledge to boycott this year, that will be a catalyst for change, so, that, next year, it will again be safe for children to watch the Super Bowl.”

LifeSite said the petition had garnered 18,000 signatures in its first day. About 100 million people watch the Super Bowl each year.

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Oklahoma Mayor: I Loudly Endorse the Equality Act

Mayor Breea Clark of Norman stands with 350 other mayors in demanding a federal LGBTQ nondiscrimination law.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/1/30/oklahoma-mayor-i-loudly-endorse-equality-act