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I'm guessing you're basing it off of this official legal correspondence, which I am including below for people who haven't seen it:
Not that, specifically, though it might be indirectly?
I'm basing it off of one of Gyles Brandreth's yarns where he described how he dealt with abusive constituents when he was a MP.
Whether he came up with that or adapted it from something prior, I don't know.
Is there a They/Them for Sir or Madam? Must include that as well.
"Dearest snookums"
I'd guess "To whom it may concern" would be the most gender neutral/inclusive way to rephrase that.
Sadam.
Not that I know of. Unless someone has stated their gender or pronouns, I just use people's names and avoid anything that assumes or implies gender.
If you believe my therapist friend who is also non-normative in a relevant fashion, demands for pronouns are often 'othering' in result, and thus go from farce to force.
So, I write fewer email.