[dcormier]

The submission guidelines have changed over time. I would assume that, at the time, the proposals _did_ meet the guidelines.

[bXVsbGVy]

The proposal has a section comparing the frequencies for "pregnant-man" and "pregnant-person" with "elephant". It was a criteria back then.

https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20190r-swollen-belly-emoji....

Most (if not all) gender neutral emojis were proposed by the same person.