You ' re missing the point . Referring to someone as it implies that they ' re someone or something less than human . It is not a personal pronoun , it ' s used to refer to objects and to nonhuman animals when the animal ' s gender is unknown . I think it would be more offensive to refer to a person who ' s gender you ' re unsure of as it than it would be to assume gender . That being said , I ' m not trans nor do I keep up with Tumblr nonsense , so what do I know ? <| sep |> It plays into my books . There are multiple gods , and each one created some of their own races . Usually this is just a few , but one created many more than the others to show off her power . But she is unimaginative , and most of them ended up just being copies of the things she saw in nature , and thus a bunch of humans with animal features . Having so many races might not seem very important to the readers , and it won ' t be for a while , but it is a key factor for events later on . Edit typo