Davis proposed combining code from the current rainbow and white flag emoji with a process called ZeroWidth Joiner, which he explains in the proposal. (The Unicode Consortium, if you're not familiar, is a non-profit corporation responsible for approving new emoji applications and standardizing the way emoji look on different platforms.) That being the case, it’s no surprise that he had a useful suggestion of how to make this pride-flag emoji happen in time for the next update, scheduled for June of next year. Mark Davis, the man who submitted the rainbow-flag proposal, is actually the cofounder and president of the Consortium.
This morning, we received more potentially exciting emoji news: A Google employee submitted a proposal to the Unicode Consortium for a rainbow-flag emoji. And last week, we learned that 11 new professional female emoji (plus male and female alternates to existing emoji) were approved. Last year, we got more diverse skin tones for many. Recently, emoji have become way more inclusive, and we're loving it.