> Are we really at a point where a pronoun is persecuting people...? If you're intentionally going out of your way to use a pronoun that someone doesn't feel r

> Are we really at a point where a pronoun is persecuting people...? If you're intentionally going out of your way to use a pronoun that someone doesn't feel represents them, then yes - that is persecuting them. If someone asks you to stop, and you keep doing it - that's persecuting them.