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I'm probably half and half on the issue. I personally am not going to use "they" to describe someone who I and anyone I'm talking to clearly understands to be one gender or the other. When there's uncertainty or the person I'm talking to doesn't know, I have no issue using they.
In your example, if someone walked up to me and said "They screwed up the program," I'm liking asking "Who?" whether it involves a transgender or not because specificity is required (it could be 3 out of 4 specific people, for instance - or just 1). However, if I was involved in or watched the program, then I would have some context for understanding who that person was referring to. But I just don't see that as being a huge hurdle to avoiding potentially awkward/impolite social interactions.
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Last edited by Ksyrup : 03-29-2023 at 08:59 AM.
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