"There are fewer interest groups looking out for the latter..." As an introvert, I find the implicit plurality of "they" more disturbing than gender ambiguity

"There are fewer interest groups looking out for the latter..." As an introvert, I find the implicit plurality of "they" more disturbing than gender ambiguity of the known-singular "he/she". I'm not a group, I'm a singular self, and the speaker/author shouldn't apply a plural to a known singular; being an anonymous audience/subject, gender ambiguity is more understandable.