wxGCDC UTF8 Problems

Question

I am having problems with DrawText when using UTF8 encoded text. The problem mostly happens with emojis such as which corresponds to "\xF0\x9F\x98\x81"

void CFrm::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& evt)
{
    wxAutoBufferedPaintDC pdc(this);
    pdc.Clear();

    if (m_Antialiasing)
    {
        wxGCDC gcdc(pdc); //works only with some fonts
        Draw(&gcdc);
    }
    else
    {
        Draw(&pdc); //works all the time
    }
}

Elsewhere to draw the text I use dc->DrawText(wxString::FromUTF8(Label), TextLoc); where the variable Label is a std::string. If wxGCDC is not used the emojis are shown correctly. I also experimented with a few non-English words (Turkish, Chinese ...) and they seemed to work correctly; however emojis are shown as squares. On the other hand things work when the following fonts are selected:

1. Segoe UI Emoji
2. Segoe UI Symbol
3. DejaVu Sans
4. EmojiOne Color

Any ideas appreciated (Platform Windows 11, wxWidgets 3.2, Visual Studio 2022)