&quot;Alex has decided that they no longer want to be addressed by a gendered pronoun, and has requested that we all refer to them as &#x27;they&#x27; and &#x27;them&#x27; from now on.&quot;<p>edit: I&#x27;d be interested in understanding why people find this very real scenario to be so downvote worthy. Is it because you find the idea of non-gendered pronouns upsetting, or because you think my example is unrealistic for some reason? Or something else entirely?