No, in this case, the writer is using the terms backward. The person is actually a woman, but she “identifies” as a man.
I think the difference is that this woman is a “ ‘transgender’ woman,” while a man would be a “transgender woman.”
We soon won’t be able to discuss this sort of thing in English words, at all. We’ll just have to hold up pictures of body parts, point, and grunt.
It puts the lotion on,,,
Confusing?
Where’s my NVG?