The interracial couple emoji is finally here following a Tinder campaign

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Our emoji keyboards are ever-expanding, as the pictograph language continues to evolve and become more and more inclusive of all users. 

Up until this point, any emoji featuring two or more people was only been available in the default emoji yellow on iOS. But that’s about to change, and we have dating app Tinder to thank for that. 

The Unicode Consortium — the gatekeepers of all emoji — will be adding a range of people-holding-hands emoji with a mix of genders and skin colours, following Tinder’s #representlove campaign. 

The interracial couples emoji look like this, and they are pretty damn cute. We got the first look at all 230 emoji coming in 2019 earlier this year, but Unicode is now releasing the final designs, including the new couple emoji.   Read more…

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There’s currently no interracial couple emoji. Tinder wants to change that.

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Emoji have evolved faster than any other language in history. But, one thing that’s lagged behind is the ability to represent everyone. 

One community that’s still not represented at all by these tiny glyphs is interracial couples, and Tinder wants to do something about that. 

The dating app has created a Change.org petition urging the Unicode Consortium — the organization in charge of our emoji — to create an emoji that represents interracial couples. 

“There’s an emoji for everything. Well, almost everything,” declares Tinder in a video to accompany its #representlove emoji campaign. “Isn’t it time emoji represented all love?”  Read more…

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