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⚢ U 26A2, ⚢ DOUBLED FEMALE SIGN ← ⚡ [U 26A1] Miscellaneous Symbols ⚣ → [U 26A3]

Translingual

Description

Two interlocked female symbols (♀).

Symbol

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1. lesbian, female homosexual; female homosexuality.
   • 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:

     Gender symbols are common astrological signs which have come to us from Roman times. The pointed Mars symbol (♂) represents the male and the Venus symbol (♀) with the cross represents the female. Gay men have used double interlocking male symbols (⚣) since the 1970s. Double interlocking female symbols (⚢) have often been used to denote lesbianism, but some feminists have instead used the double female symbols to represent the “sisterhood of women”.

2. (astrology) asteroid (80) Sappho.

Gallery

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  Offset variant
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  Linked variant
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  Linked variant
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  As a crosswalk symbol in London
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  On a flag in the US Library of Congress

Related terms

Gender and sexuality symbols
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