Yes and no. It's fine to point out that gender terms are outdated and over simplified (and they are) but the reality is that language is what the majority of society uses. So when someone says "boy" or "girl" right now, there is a commonly accepted meaning for it. The meaning doesn't automatically change just because one person wants a new meaning. You can call a highway a field, but you're still going to get run over if you try to play on it.
As for sex, I don't think it's really unreasonable to stick with male and female on the basis of reproductive organs. They're there to interact with each other to create more people. A minority deciding they need to chop and change doesn't change that fact. It's like the stories of MtF people demanding mammary exams for breast cancer. This sort of thing is just wasting professional's time. You can say you are what you like, but the rest of reality doesn't shift for your whims.
Society is slowly moving towards more acceptance for anyone that doesn't identify as "straight" or "normal" or whatever you want to call the most common, standard configuration. Demanding everyone adjusts instantly to your personal desired outcome is unrealistic, self-entitled, and turns people against you. There are better ways to continue a positive progression of acceptance than crying about how you're offended that everyone isn't catering to you and throwing around immature accusations to sensationalise things.
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