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== History ==
During [[Eurovision Song Contest 2024|Eurovision 2024]], the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] singer [[Nemo (singer)|Nemo]], who came in first place, sneaked a non-binary flag into the opening ceremony. Nemo later said "I had to sneak in the flag of my non-binary gender because Eurovision told me I couldn't take it out.". <ref>{{Cite web |last=Català |first=Elisenda Forés |date=2024-05-17 |title=Nemo criticizes Eurovision after his victory: "I had to sneak in the flag of my non-binary gender" |url=https://en.ara.cat/misc/nemo-criticizes-eurovision-after-his-victory-had-to-sneak-in-the-flag-of-my-non-binary-gender_1_5032425.html |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240628045301/https://en.ara.cat/misc/nemo-criticizes-eurovision-after-his-victory-had-to-sneak-in-the-flag-of-my-non-binary-gender_1_5032425.html |archive-date=2024-06-28 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Ara in English |publication-place=[[Catalonia]]}}</ref> Despite banning the non-binary flag, Eurovision's official [[Instagram]] account posted an image of the flag after the contest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ragozhina |first=Nadia |date=2024-05-13 |title=Eurovision song contest: EU lodges official complaint over flag ban |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4dd9lzx02o |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240628050532/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4dd9lzx02o |archive-date=2024-06-28 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=[[BBC]]}}</ref>
== Emoji ==
Due to the [[Unicode Consortium]] having a [[blanket policy]] on not adding any additional flag [[Emoji|emojis]], an emoji for the non-binary will not be added.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-01 |title=Guidelines for Submitting Unicode Emoji Proposals |url=https://www.unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html |url-status=live |website=[[Unicode]]}}</ref> A [[blog]] post by the Unicode Consortium in 2022 recommended using different coloured heart emojis as an alternative (''{{Abbr|eg|for example}}'': 💛🤍💜🖤), though using squares is equally-common (''{{Abbr|eg|for example}}'': 🟨⬜🟪⬛).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jennifer |first=Daniel |date=2020-03-28 |title=The Past and Future of Flag Emoji |url=http://blog.unicode.org/2022/03/the-past-and-future-of-flag-emoji.html |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220328204253/https://blog.unicode.org/2022/03/the-past-and-future-of-flag-emoji.html |archive-date=2022-03-28 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=blog.unicode.org |publisher=[[Unicode Consortium]]}}</ref>
== References ==
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