- server usage
- Used in LGBTQ+ Discord server names, channel descriptions, and welcome messages. Signals that a server is queer-affirming and inclusive.
- reaction use
- Used as a reaction to coming-out announcements, relationship milestone shares, or sweet couple photos posted in server channels.
- emote mapping
- Custom Discord emotes in LGBTQ+ servers often replicate this emoji or variations of it for use in chat reactions.
- gaming context
- In gaming servers, used when players reveal they're in a same-sex relationship or when queer couple content comes up organically in conversation.
- role meaning
- Some LGBTQ+ Discord servers assign roles with this emoji to members who identify as gay men or are in same-sex male relationships, as part of identity role-selection systems.