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The LGBTI rainbow flag could become an emoji soon
The Unicode Consortium is discussing adding a new flag to its multi-national assortment – but it’d belong to a community, not a nation.
The Consortium is a not-for-profit which develops digital languages around the world.
They started debating in June adding an LGBTI Rainbow flag to the emoji language, after the amendment in America which allows samesex couples to marry.
Ken Whistler, technical director at Unicode, said: ‘The claim that Twitter is including a rainbow flag would be taken into consideration by the Emoji Subcommittee [and is] a strong factor in favor of additions.’
But a debate surrounds the possible addition. A co-author at Unicode said the flag could create a ‘slippery slope’.
Mark Davis, co-author of Unicode Standard, said: ‘Because it would not be part of any sort of structured extension to the geopolitical-entity encoding mechanism […] it would provide no orderly path to encoding additional, similar flags for other social groups or causes.’
The Consortium are debating adding Welsh, English and Irish flags, too.
You can let Unicode know you want the rainbow flag emoji by emailing them here.
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Jack Flanagan
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