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Singular they/them has been in use as accepted English grammar for about 600 years. It was during the Women's Suffrage movement that the backlash happened, in the form very similar to what Republicans are doing today: They pushed schools to teach that only singular he/him and she/her were valid. In that case it was in the very specific context and purpose of then pushing it further, where male pronouns were considered superior and to be used in generic situations. Within a generation the singular they/them had been nearly wiped out of common usage. This was again reinforced in the 1950's.

That bit of history is part of why Republicans taking over school boards and passing laws about how to teach or not teach race and gender scare me so much: it worked for them in the past. So please, help us fight back?