True Left

There are some who prefer It/Its pronouns for themselves. Some would say that's dehumanizing, but I see that as an opportunity to criticize anthropocentrism. Theoretically if you think of gender as a compass instead of a single spectrum, It/Its could be seen as implicitly neither masculine nor feminine (neotenous), while They/Them could be seen as implicitly both masculine and feminine (androgynous).

I don't see they/them as necessarily androgynous. I think that the association of they/them with androgyny may be an artifact of the assumption that people are gendered beings. It makes sense that they/them would carry such artifacts as it is used in reference to people, so it reflects the ways in which people are typically viewed.

Countering anthropocentrism is a good reason for it-pronouns, but I would prefer to fight anthropocentrism the other way by referring to more non-humans (starting with animals!) as they/them. This reinforces the idea that animals are beings like us and not objects (goys) to be exploited. Referring to all beings as "it" would not change anything about the way we talk about any non-humans, and so it does not have this advantage. This may also further normalise the objectification and exploitation of humans aswell as non-humans.