The consortium that approves emojis has signed off on 56 new ones, including a woman breastfeeding a baby, a woman wearing a hijab and a “gender-inclusive” child, adult and older adult.
Among the other emoji that will be released in 2017 by Unicode are a face vomiting, a head exploding and a man and woman practising yoga.
A flying saucer, vampire and T-rex also made the cut, as did a sandwich, broccoli and a pair of socks.
The inclusion of the hijab emoji was welcomed on Twitter as a triumph for diversity.
A hijab emoji is finally on the way:https://t.co/qKPIfScOVi pic.twitter.com/5wZveRYxXo
— Dazed (@Dazed) November 11, 2016
A hijab emoji. In a world that is increasingly backwards, there is hope that technology will continue to be progressive. https://t.co/W5ZBo7Rx4K
— Ridha Hassoun 📎 (@ridhahassoun) November 11, 2016
Creating a woman in a hijab emoji is another small step forward! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 https://t.co/4qVgYnbRMX
— .james. (@panja47) November 11, 2016
Although some users complained about the continuing lack of redheads in the emoji universe.
A breastfeeding emoji and an emo kid emoji, but still no gingers? We will take your souls. https://t.co/TXQ1JLxJgk
— Josh Brown⚽️ (@gaffer_brown) November 10, 2016
The list will be finalized when Unicode 10.0 is released in mid-2017.
