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I don't think any non-binary gender exploration in Oddworld would be the result of real world social developments, especially since early on, Lorne has talked about androgeny, and how sacred androgenous people were considered in some tribes for having traits from both sexes. (This is in one of his interviews)
Oddworld has always taken a non traditional approach at gender, with virtually any female character assuming the role of queen bee/ant birthing worker drones, so I don't find it strange at all that there could be a wide array of expression among these 'drones' that we, the players, would call masculine or feminine
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For someone who interested - worker bees and ants are females, but not fertile. Termites and mole rats whom Lorne likes mostly have male and female workers who can reproduse and make new family, but usually live whole life in their colony.