- meme usage
- Deployed in reply threads to ship male celebrities, fictional characters, or politicians โ often with humorous or satirical intent.
- sarcasm patterns
- Used sarcastically in quote tweets of homophobic content as a form of counter-trolling.
- quote tweet context
- Quote-tweeted onto posts about male friendships that are clearly more than friendship, per fan analysis.
- trending context
- Trends heavily during Pride Month, LGBTQ+ news events, or celebrity coming-out moments.
- reply use
- Used as a one-emoji reply to affirm queer romance posts or celebrate LGBTQ+ milestones.