117 new emojis will be rolled out later this year according to the Unicode Consortium. As part of Emoji 13.0, there are 62 new emoji and 55 new gender and skin tone variants of emoji, including more gender-inclusive options. This will include the transgender flag emoji, a face with glasses and a moustache, a ninja and a cockroach
The emojis are expected to be rolled at around fall this year, as the case has been with previous years.
Others included in the line-up for the year are a person in a veil, person in tuxedo and person feeding bottle to baby. Person feeding bottle to baby, proposed by Google, will give people of all genders a way to communicate that they are feeding a baby. Besides the transgender flag, there will also be emoji depicting a transgender person and a transgender symbol.
Emojis are usually proposed by Microsoft and Google but is not limited to them.
In 2019, both Apple and Google added gender-neutral options for almost human emojis including professions like doctors, firefighters or couples. Gendered emojis came to Apple phones in 2008 and were included in Android phones since 2012.