Sorry, I was travelling from the middle of last week and haven't had a chance to log back in, until today.  I do find you reasonable even if we disagree.  In all likelihood, next year will be my third and last retirement.  Then I can focus more on developing friendships even if disagreement is a part of the discussion.
To the larger point that language leaves half of the population invisible, I can only say that all language suffers from the fact that it is used by humans.  One may be offended by the fact that "man" can mean either a male of the species or "human".  Others may not.  It isn't the Church's job, when translating, to put forward an agenda to change the language.  The ripple effect of, for example, "Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God's people on earth", while trying to allow God to remain gender-free (as we can agree), it denies a certain aspect of what God revealed about Himself through the person of Jesus Christ - that is, God as Father.