He says that the trans pride flag emoji’s proposals in 2017 and 2018 didn’t include enough evidence that the emoji would be used. The trans community is speaking up about Unicode’s silence.

Unicode’s latest Emoji 16.0 submission is scheduled to open starting April 4th, 2022, though what’s different this time is that Unicode has decided that it won’t entertain any new flag emoji ...

The submission window for Emoji 16.0 proposals will be open from April 4 through July 31, but Unicode will not process any new flag emoji proposals, the consortium said in a blog post Monday.