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Pregnant Man, Gender-Neutral Royal on the List of New Emojis

The list of forthcoming emojis shows a push to offer gender-neutral options for most existing emojis.

Unicode Consortium, the organization that debates and creates new emojis, has released its draft list for the year—and it shows a big push to offer gender-neutral options for almost all emojis. The current “pregnant woman” emoji will be able to be customized as a man or a non-binary person, and the current prince and princess will have the addition of a gender-neutral “person with crown.” Most emojis already offer options to switch the gender, but the consortium is still exploring gender-neutral options for the disco-dancing man and the flamenco-dancing woman.

The draft list also includes a handshake emoji with two different skin tones, some new faces, and new icons like coral, an X-ray, an empty battery and a playground slide. Once the consortium approves draft emojis, it’s up to device manufacturers to adopt them.