Proprietor of that site here.

Nope, “witch” can apply to men just as well as women and always has. In fact, you’ll find several dictionaries citing Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur” (1485) as an early usage, where Merlin is referred to by some as a “wytche”.

It’s also the standard academic term across gender. If memory serves, it’s used this way in the groundbreaking study “Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande” by E. E. Pritchard, which set the standard for the anthropology of witchcraft.

It’s also used for a man in the television show “Futurama”, for a more contemporary colloquial reference.

He should have the right to self-identify as a witch if he wants. You have no right to take that away from him.

Self identification is a ridiculous concept if it's not based on fact. They put people in the nut house for proclaiming they're a farm animal or Teddy Roosevelt.

Transphobia in the software industry? Shocking

Phobia? Hardly. You don't call an ftp client and ssh client do you? Likewise you would and should never call a man a woman, unless you're tying to insult him and vice versa. It's called logic and not some ridiculous concept of accepting a mental disorder as something to be celebrated.

"it's called logic"

Actually, It's called not knowing what the fuck you're talking about

The logical thing to do would be to educate yourself.

P.S. trans people's brains objectively show non expected neural activation. And this is just one of the many ways for people to understand trans. It's a real thing and you need to EDUCATE YOURSELF instead of acting like bill oreilly. Ignorant asshole.

It's what's called a defect such as when a system doesn't perform as expected. Sorry. No amount of emotionally supported bullshit is going to change facts.

You came out from under the bridge for that?

No. Males are witches as well, Warlock translates to oath breaker, and is not considered with the pagan community (at least the parts with which I have interacted) as a male term for witch.

Or witch doctor. And he'd be in good company.

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-kenyan-witch-doctor-predict...

Or wizard, if we're in the Harry Potter universe.