Gender-neutral means that it can be used irrespective of gender, hence why also people can refer to me with any gender-neutral pronouns they feel like, as well as those who match my social gender. I had a losing battle at work trying to make them justify why we are even asking for the honorific title of our customers even though we never address them with it. By all means, pollute that data pool, we shouldn't be collecting that in the first place!