What does ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Rainbow Flag mean?
The rainbow Pride flag, created by artist Gilbert Baker for San Francisco in 1978. The familiar six-stripe version runs red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet, celebrating the diversity of LGBTQ+ people. It is posted throughout Pride Month in June, for Pride marches, coming-out stories and messages of support, and it appears in bios to show identity or allyship.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Rainbow Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (special flags), added in Emoji 4.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about bisexual, gay, genderqueer, glbt, glbtq and lesbian.
Example messages
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Rainbow Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Rainbow Flag looks on each platform.
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Rainbow Flag emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Rainbow Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :rainbow-flag:.
When was the Rainbow Flag emoji added?
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Rainbow Flag was added in Emoji 4.0, released in 2016. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Rainbow Flag. The underlying code (U+1F3F3 U+FE0F U+200D U+1F308) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.