I’m not sure how that answered my second question, which was whether or not articles about this person typically use they/them. That was a yes/no question.
I agree it is problematic. But I don’t see that they did use improper pronouns.
In fact, they seemed to use exactly what the person accepts.
I’d imagine that choice would be more stylistic than anything. As a writer, if you start off w one set of preferred pronouns it’s prob best not to switch back and forth. It’s not a checklist that needs to be ticked off after all
I’m not one to defend VMPs generally abysmal writing. But this seems like a pretty cut and dry thing.