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"Use of the singular they/them to refer to someone of unknown or unspecified gender is almost as old as the word itself" is my go-to response for this, but there's always an unspoken, "...dumbass" included there, because I'm speaking to someone complaining about trans/nb people existing.

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Within the confines of a conversation of "Yes, trans/nb people can exist, but which pronoun is more correct", I'm not sure I quite follow why you think 20th century writing is any more compelling than anything older. They feel similarly prescriptive; one just evokes history more than popular usage.

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