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- More than 100 new emoji have been approved, and will be released on smartphones in 2020.
- Among the new emoji are a transgender flag and a transgender symbol, as well as gender-inclusive emoji like a woman in a tuxedo and a man in a veil.
- This is the latest step being taken to make emoji more LGBTQ friendly and gender-inclusive. In 2019, both Apple and Google added gender-neutral options for nearly every human emoji, from firefighters and doctors to couples and families.
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The slew of new emoji rolling out to smartphones this year will include the transgender flag and symbol, finally ceding to LGBTQ advocates who have long asked for additional representation.
More than 100 new emoji were recently approved for release in 2020 by the Unicode Consortium, the group that sets the industry standard for text and emoji across various platforms. Among emoji representing bubble tea and ninjas, the Consortium OK'd the flag that represents transgender individuals, made up of stripes in light blue, pink, and white.
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