I'm from the UK and I honestly didn't even realise the use of they in the article until I read the parent comment. It seems totally natural to me and feels like

I'm from the UK and I honestly didn't even realise the use of they in the article until I read the parent comment. It seems totally natural to me and feels like a perfect way to avoid gender in contexts where it is unknown or intentionally avoided. I find it incredibly annoying when I read text with made up or assumed genders, especially as the parent commenter points out when articles use she for inanimate objects or objects with undefined genders.