Gender neutral families added to Apple’s inclusive new emoji range

New gender neutral family emojis added to an Apple update is “a small but effective step” in the right direction.

The iOS 17.4 update has brought major changes to iMessage security measures, upgrades for the Podcast app and 118 new emojis.

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Among the app changes are a lime, phoenix, brown mushroom, broken metal chain, two shaking heads and four gender neutral families, which take the form of silhouettes, according to ‘MSN’.

Cleo Madeleine, from the charity Gendered Intelligence, has claimed it is “good to have better representation of gender minorities” because it helps those people communicate.

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