The phrase "although he identifies" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrast or exception regarding someone's identification or self-perception in a sentence.
Example: "Although he identifies as an introvert, he often surprises his friends with his outgoing nature."
Alternatives: "even though he recognizes" or "despite identifying".
The irony of all this is that Franzen, a white male novelist frequently accused of elitism, is, in this scenario, something of an underdog, the nerd repeatedly beaten up by the cool kids online – although he identifies the real villain of the piece as the internet itself, which he compares in Purity to communist East Germany.
Criss stated that, although he identifies as straight, "it really doesn't come into play with me in this role.
He is less concerned with factual accuracy, although he identifies his sources, and more interested in developing "extended parallels between Italian and English literature".
Although he identifies himself as "sweet", he is unlucky in love: Jenny (Sadie Frost), the girlfriend he meets in "How to Make a Killing", dumps him because he is too understanding.
Although he identified as Afghan and official documents pertaining to his life reflect that, his natal village was ceded to British India before his birth, and today belongs to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan).
Although he identified the Karner blue as a distinct subspecies in 1943 and named it Lycaeides melissa samuelis, it wasn't until the late spring of 1950 that Nabokov -- whose prose abounds in butterfly imagery -- took up his net and went looking for Karner blues in the wild.
Allums, a guard who started 20 of the Colonials' 28 games last season, said he grew up feeling that he was a man, and although he identified as a lesbian in high school, he came to the conclusion that he was transgender while he was a freshman in college.
He had a frank and healthy appreciation of sex, and although he identified as gay, he'd slept with more women than most straight men.
Although he identified the start of the dreams with the beginning of touring, I would bet that in past times of stress he would have faced similar dreams, and made similar life choices.
Although he identified the four disease subgroups, Groups 3 and 4 demonstrated additional distinct subtypes.
Although Sanford says he identifies as a Christian, he subscribes to the Buddhist concept of mindfulness (click over to Yahoo! for more on that).
