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Using gendered singular pronouns: kinda weird and pointless
Using they/them for both singular and plural: possibly confusing
Making a non-gendered singular pronoun: reduces confusion
They/them as a singular is really not the confusing. You'd have to come up with an extremely contrived example for it to be problematic. People have been using 'they' as a singular pronoun for centuries when the gender isn't known: "Someone left their umbrella, I hope they come back for it."
It's not that contrived to have two subjects in a sentence be a single person and a group of people. I have personally been in situations where someone was confused about the use of the singular them. Obviously it's possible to understand in most circumstances, but why not make it easier? Especially when it's a simple solution that also stops most of the misgendering people experience.