LGBTQ+ community's battle for the dinosaur emoji

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June 10, 2022

Amory Sivertson
Ben Brock Johnson

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Dinosaur emojis have been widely used by the LGBTQ+ community online for a long time. So there was a shock in the community when they started to see the dino emoji appear on the feeds of anti-trans users recently. The LGBTQ+ community immediately set out to take back their beloved emoji.

Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson of WBUR's Endless Thread podcast explore the tug of war over the use of the dino emoji.

This segment aired on June 10, 2022.