Two thoughts.

On the surface, this reminds me of the whole "latin-x" conversation.

I use the singular "they" as a pronoun quite a bit when I write on the internet, but not out of gender neutrality. I use it to hid the gender or who I'm talking to for the sake of anonymity. Now that I read this though, I think maybe I should start considering using "they" and similar terms more often, for the sake of gender balance.