Re. this from the top of the article
"The pageant winner expressed hope that the victory would be a 'delicious invitation' for LGBT kids to 'be themselves'"
I don't understand how T and LGB are connected. In fact, T seems to contradcit L, G and B. If you're L or G then you're attached to someone of the same sex. But if sex is self-identified then you can't say what sex you're attracted to because you can't say what sex other people are.
If you're a guy attracted to guys, say, you'd say you're a male homosexual. But the guy you're attracted to might say "I'm not a guy, I'm a girl," which means you're not a male homosexual after all and instead are a male bisexual or a male heterosexual.
For that matter, if you're a male heterosexual and your girlfriend and wife says "Actually, I identify as male" then suddenly you're no longer heterosexual.