Self-identification II

Further to this post about the goose who thought he was a duck, or rather, an actual duck, since that was what he believed. (Or was he a gander who thought he was a drake?)

... He thought he was a duck. So why does the BBC report persist in calling him a goose? Is that any way to honour his memory?...

Now we have a new case of people (some of whom should surely know better on account of their chosen identities) refusing to respect a man's self-identification:

If that's how he self-identifies, we must respect it, and to refuse to is surely bigotry.