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What are the pronouns they/them in your language?
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Portuguese^[Ele = he; Ela = she; Add an 's' to the end and both become plural while keeping it gendered. Under normal circumstances, "eles" is used for ambiguous gender plural] doesn't have that. People will use a variety of alternatives, like elu/eli/el@/elx, which frankly sound super dumb. It doesn't help that almost everything in the language is gendered.