¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I've only ever heard lgbtq people use it like that to everyone else they use the terms interchangably.
If thats the case I've run into a lot of bad apples of the lgbtq community
I mean, he didn't actually coin the term, it's possible he expanded the definition to refer to people rather than just words (not sure if he did that or not), but he did pretty much kickstart the modern gender theory movement.