alt Hacker NewsThat's true, they won't process any proposals for flags anymore. The first link in the linked post is a detailed FAQ from the Unicode people:
> Flags for countries with Unicode region codes [ie. recognized by ISO] are automatically recommended, with no proposals necessary! [...] the Emoji Subcommittee is no longer taking in any proposals for flags of any kind.
They have a section addressing new pride flags specifically near the end of the FAQ.