I don’t mind using they / them for non-binary people. It’s just that it takes a lot of mental energy to not embarrass myself by forgetting and using the gendered pronoun.
FishFace@piefed.social 3 days ago
To me it’s quite unnatural to use singular they about someone whose gender I actually know.
melfie@lemy.lol 3 days ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 days ago
what if their gender is they?
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 days ago
“There’s someone at the door”
“what does he or she want?” -nobody
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 3 days ago
You’d realistically say ‘who is it?’
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 3 days ago
“There’s someone from the water department here”
If you’re going to make any statement referring to the person, using “they” is both natural and understood by anyone.