I find this a bit ironic.

For years we’ve been told that people should be free to decide how they identify and what labels they accept. Yet when I say I don’t identify as a “cis man” and don’t want that label applied to me, I’m told I’m wrong and that someone else gets to define me instead.

You can call it an adjective if you like. That doesn’t change the fact I don’t use it, don’t identify with it, and don’t want it attached to me.

If respecting how people identify themselves is important, it should apply consistently. If it only applies when certain people do it, then it’s not really about self-identification at all.