Real answer: They're called "neopronouns." They're an attempt to create a new pronoun that's unambiguously singular, but not gendered, which is currently something English lacks. Some nonbinary people prefer them to they/them, but their use is relatively rare, even within the trans community. There have been a bunch of proposals over the years; xe and ze (pronounced the same) are the most popular, trailing they/them by a large margin.
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Real answer: They're called "neopronouns." They're an attempt to create a new pronoun that's unambiguously singular, but not gendered, which is currently something English lacks. Some nonbinary people prefer them to they/them, but their use is relatively rare, even within the trans community. There have been a bunch of proposals over the years; xe and ze (pronounced the same) are the most popular, trailing they/them by a large margin.