Tatiana Maslany's pin at the Emmy's shows her support to the LGBT community

Presenting at Sunday night's Emmy Awards, Orphan Black star (and Emmy winner herself) Tatiana Maslany made a big statement with a tiny pin. She wore a blue ampersand on her black gown, which showed solidarity with not only the LGBT community, but with all communities targeted by discrimination.

While the Emmys are all about recognizing the best of the best in television, celebs often use these red carpet events to show support for a certain cause. This year's Emmys were no different. Some people were spotted wearing ampersand pins, but what is the "&" pin at the 2017 Emmys?

Many celebs, including costume designer Colleen Atwood, were first spotted sporting the pins at the Oscars back in February. The entire cast of the Oscar-winning film, Moonlight, also wore the pins at the Independent Spirit Awards. The blue ampersand signifies general solidarity with the LGBTQ community and specifically support for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, also popularly known as GLAAD. 

At the Academy Awards Moonlight director Barry Jenkins explained the message behind the ampersand pins. "It's an ampersand because it's about togetherness," he said. "It's about bringing all of us together — about inclusivity, inclusiveness." 

Although GLAAD specifically advocates for the rights of the LGBTQ community, the organization made it clear that this pin is for everyone, and the march toward inclusion that it represents is called the Together Movement. 

"We must stand in unity and resist the forces that seek to divide us," the organization wrote on its website. "All of us. Because no one is just one identity, and many of us are under attack." 

While many celebrities wore blue ribbons in support of the ACLU, Maslany's pin was a departure, but with many of the same goals. Maslany was supporting GLAAD's Together Movement, which aims to fight discrimination of all kinds and help women, Muslims, immigrants, LGBTQ people, and others targeted by oppression. "The ampersand represents the power of our voices together," the movement's website reads. "We must stand in unity and resist the forces that seek to divide us. All of us. Because no one is just one identity, and many of us are under attack."

Another sign of solidarity that many celebs were sporting at the Emmys was the blue ribbon for the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU has been at the forefront of fighting for the civil liberties of the disenfranchised throughout the country for years, and it isn't surprising that celebs are showing their support. Many celebs also wore the ribbons at the Oscars and the Tonys. At the Emmys some stars spotted wearing the blue ribbon were Padma Lakshmi, Anthony Anderson, Kathryn Hahn, Riz Ahmed, Kumail Nanjiani, and Matt Walsh.