A Comprehensive Guide to Twitter Symbology

made by @deltritus

Assigning a meaning to a certain symbol and including it within one's display name or bio has recently become a widespread practice among twitter users. This carrd will explain the meanings behind those symbols. Please note that they are not always used with the intention of putting across a deeper meaning. If they're around other symbols, usually with similar meanings, it signifies that they are representative of something deeper than the aesthetic appeal.

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LGBT+ Symbols

✿
This symbol is used to show support for lesbians who use he/him pronouns. There was a small group of people who pushed for it to be used to show that they don't support he/him lesbians, but unless it is seen around symbols primarily used by exclusionists then it should be assumed that it adheres to the original definition or is just there for aesthetic purposes. ♬ is an alternate symbol that also shows support for he/him lesbians, though it isn't used as often.

❅
This symbol is used to show opposition to lesbians who use he/him pronouns, rooted in the belief that pronouns are indicative of gender and therefore lesbians cannot use "male" pronouns. Someone with this symbol may believe that nonbinary people can be lesbians, but they would likely think that nonbinary people can only use they/them pronouns.

❉
This symbol is used to show opposition to lesbians who use they/them pronouns, also rooted in the belief that pronouns must equal gender. Because of this it also represents opposition to nonbinary lesbian and lesbians who use he/him pronouns or neopronouns.

❆
This symbol is used to show support for lesbians who use neopronouns. Neopronouns are pronouns other than he/him, she/her, and they/them. They are also for nonbinary people who do not have gender neutral pronouns in their language. This symbol would be used by someone who supports nonbinary lesbians.

❀
This symbol is used to show support for bi/pan lesbians. The label was created by trans exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs) as a way to exclude trans women from lesbianism by saying that lesbians who were attracted to trans women were bi/pan lesbians rather than just lesbians. It is still used in that way by some people, but is more commonly defined as bi/pan women who have a preference for women. It is also used by people who don't believe that lesbianism includes attraction to nonbinary people, and therefore if someone is attracted to nonbinary people and women they'd be a bi/pan lesbian rather than just a lesbian.

✾
This symbol is used to show opposition to bi/pan/straight lesbians. Someone with this symbol would have that stance because they find the bi/pan lesbian label to be transphobic (because of it's origins), biphobic (because it implies that bisexuals with preference aren't bisexual and need a new label), and lesbophobic (because it misrepresents lesbianism and invites men to prey on lesbians because they think lesbians can be attracted to them).

⚘
This symbol is used to show support for genderfluid lesbians. Genderfluidity falls under the nonbinary umbrella, so someone using this would also support nonbinary lesbians.

℘
This symbol is used by lemonade lesbians: lesbians who support trans lesbians, nonbinary lesbians, any pronoun lesbians, but do not support bi/pan/straight lesbians. If you're looking for a definition of "straight lesbian" I can't offer it. In my eyes it's an oxymoron.

〄
This symbol is used to show support for all lesbians (trans lesbians, nonbinary lesbians, any pronoun lesbians) alongside opposition to bi/pan/straight lesbians.

▽
This symbol is used to show support for bi/pan/straight gays and gays who use she/her or they/them pronouns. The creator says it shows support for "all gays". Gay is not being used here as an umbrella term for anyone experiencing same gender attraction.

✮
This symbol is used to show opposition to bi/pan/straight lesbians and bi/pan/straight gays. It is an outline of a star with a smaller star inside of it. The difference between this symbol and the symbol for neurodivergent people (a solid star) may be hard for some people to see.

ॣ
This symbol is used to show opposition to gays who use she/her pronouns. It's rooted in the belief that pronouns are indicative of gender, and therefore gays can't use "female pronouns". Someone with this symbol may think that nonbinary people can be gay, but would also think that they can only use they/them pronouns. This symbol is taken from a language, though I don't know which one and I don't know what it means in that language.

⍟︎ ; ✪︎
Both of these symbols are used to show support for people that use neopronouns. Neopronouns are pronouns other than he/him, she/her, and they/them. They are also for nonbinary people who do not have gender neutral pronouns in their language. If there is any difference in the meaning behind these symbols, I am unaware of it.

≎
This symbol is used to show support for people who identify as or with xenogenders. Xenogenders are labels for people to use when they have a difficult experience with their gender idenity and believe that something aside from manhood, womanhood, or a combination/lack thereof has an impact on their gender. They're primarily used by neurodivergent people who's neurodivergence makes it hard for them to understand their gender. This means that someone would think that gender identity is a social construct rather than something innate or biological. Some examples of xenogenders include catgender, doggender, autismgender, crowgender, plushiegender, etc.

❦
This symbol is most commonly used to show support for vixenamorics. It is also used by others to show support for they/them lesbians. Vixenamoric is a new label that is used by women who use she/her pronouns that are only attracted to other women that use she/her pronouns. It was created in response to nonbinary people and he/him and they/them lesbians being included in lesbianism and supported within the lesbian community. Vixenamorics believe pronouns are indicative of gender and that lesbians should only be women who like other women exclusively. This does include binary trans women who use she/her pronouns. 𐀔 is an alternate symbol used to show support for vixenamorics.

☼
Despite the fact that this symbol was already in use by witches, members of the lgbt community use this symbol to show support for todamorics. Todamoric is a new label that is used by men who use he/him pronouns that are only attracted to other men who use he/him pronouns. Like vixenamorics, todamorics believe pronouns are indicative of gender and that "gay" should only be a label for men who are attracted to men exclusively. This includes binary trans men that use he/him pronouns.

༄
This symbol is used to show support for bipoc trans people. You don't have to be trans or lgbt+ to use this. Any bipoc trans allies can use it.

♔
This symbol is used by people who identify as exclusionists. Exclusionism within the lgbt+ community is rooted in the belief that cisgender heteromantic asexuals (and acespecs) & cisgender heterosexual aromantics (and arospecs) are not members of the lgbt+ community. It has also been used to show opposition to neopronouns and xenogenders, and to show that you think gender dysphoria is necessary to be trans, that pronouns equal gender, and that pansexuality is an unnecessary and harmful label.

❂
Despite the fact that this symbol was already in use by black kpop fans, members of the lgbt community use this symbol to show that they're part of a subcommunity called "E.C.L.I.P.S.E" thats primary feature is exclusionism/being an exclusionist. If it's seen beside a supercript 7, then it's being used by a kpop fan. If it's around the exclusionist crown, it's about E.C.L.I.P.S.E.

➳
This symbol is used by some to show that they are members of the aro/ace community, specifically aromantic. It is used by others to show that they are "battle-axe bisexuals", which means they are opposed to the use of the label pansexual. Battle-axe bisexuals are primarily exclusionists, but not always. This is because the label is based soley upon the belief that pansexuality is biphobic and unnecessary.

⇝
This symbol indicates that someone is a "war-hammer gay". It is used by gay men who are exclusionists, though is more focused on opposition to gays who use pronouns other than he/him, nonbinary gays, bi/pan/straight gays, and things along those lines.

࿈
This symbol indicates that someone is a "gravity-knife gay". It is used by gay men who are exclusionists, though is more focused on opposition to gays who use pronouns other than he/him, nonbinary gays, bi/pan/straight gays, and things along those lines.

❁
This symbol is used to show support for semibi people. Semibi is a label that means bisexual with a heavy lean towards one gender or another. It is similar to heteroflexible and homoflexible. It also means something for exclusionists, though I don't know what.

♆
This is the symbol of Neptune. It can be used to indicate that someone is a "trident trans", which is essentially just another word for transmedicalist. Transmeds believe that gender dysphoria is what makes an individual transgender and that you cannot be transgender without gender dysphoria. The symbol is primarily used by transmeds who are exclusionists.

⚔ ; ⚔️ ;🧊🗡️
These symbols indicate that someone is a transmedicalist. They're primarily used by people who are fans of the youtuber Kalvin Garrah, a binary straight trans man and vocal transmed and exclusionist.

🦈
This emoji indicates that someone is anti-transmed, and therefore believes that gender dysphoria is not necessary to be transgender. It was made in response to transmedicalists adopting the ice and dagger emojis. It is also used in support of xenogenders and iclusionism. Someone using this may identify with the label "tucute", which stands for "too cute to be cisgender". I'm not going into the origins of "tucute" and "truscum" here, but they're something that I'm personally averse to using.

☂️ ; ⋆
These symbols indicate that someone is an inclusionist. The first is also used to show that someone is a fan of the show The Umbrella Academy, however fans of the show tend to use the all black symbol rather than the purple emoji.

🛡
This emoji indicates that someone is anti-transmed, and therefore believes that gender dysphoria is not necessary to be transgender. It was made in response to transmedicalists adopting the crossed swords emoji. It is also used in support of xenogenders and iclusionism. Someone using this may identify with the label "tucute", which stands for "too cute to be cisgender".

♤ ; 🏹
These symbols are used to show that someone believes that asexuality and aromanticism (and all aro/acespec identities) are inheretly lgbt+. Someone with this belief would think that cisgender heteromantic asexuals (and acespecs) & cisgender heterosexual aromantics (and arospecs) are members of the lgbt+ community. The first one is related to acespecs, the second one is related to arospecs.

𐐪𐑂
These two symbols right next to each other are used by lesbians so that they can recognize each other. I haven't observed it to be very widely used within the lesbian community, however. The symbols are meant to look like butterfly wings, which are representative of individuals with adhd. Because of this, adhd people may also use these symbols in the same way that (primarily) autistic people use the infinity symbol.

𓆏
This symbol is used to show support for people who use xenogenders and neopronouns. It's also just a really neat frog, though, and I don't doubt that it's widely used by people who aren't involved in lgbt+ discourse.

☄ ; ☄️
These symbols are used to show support for pansexuality. I haven't observed them to be very widely used.

Disability Symbols

✷
This symbol is used to show that someone is physically disabled or an ally to the physically disabled.

⁑
This symbol is used to show that someone is mentally disabled or an ally to the mentally disabled.

★
This symbol is used to indicate that someone is neurodivergent. It is also used to show opposition to pedophiles.

☆
This symbol is used to show that someone is a neurotypical that is in support of neurodivergents.

∞
This symbol is used to represent neurodivergence, but is primarily used to indicate that someone is autistic.

𐐪𐑂 ; 🦋
These symbols can be used to indicate that someone is adhd. The butterfly/butterfly wings are symbols of the adhd community.