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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
CMV: I am not comfortable referring to people with the pronouns it/its

I am perfectly fine with referring to anyone with how they want to be referred to as but I've kinda drawn the line at it/its. "It" has traditionally been used as an insult to degrade those within the lgbtq community so while I try to be as inclusive as possible it just kinda sucks that people willingly adopt it. I get that "it" kind of truly implicates that there is no gender as opposed to they/them but then xe/xem exists which kind of implies the same thing but it doesn't feel like I'm actively insulting someone. It just sucks that in order to make someone comfortable I make myself uncomfortable in the process :/
gpt
I’m just responding particularly to your worry that using “it” for someone’s pronoun was historically degrading.

You can probably, without me even saying them, think of a few words that were historically degrading but were appropriated by those victimized by it into a non derogatory term used within the group in question.

I’d venture a guess if you asked folks who prefer to use it as their pronoun they would likely feel the same.

So with that said, if those who prefer it as their pronoun ask you to use it, but you refrain because you think it is harmful or demeaning, are you really acting in their best interests, or are you inadvertently propagating the same demeaning usage of the very word they are seeking to appropriate and whose harmful history they are trying to delegitimize?

TL/DR: Minority groups have appropriated hurtful language in ways that benefit them by using it in non-harmful ways, we should encourage and enable that to minimize the bigotry originally associated with it.