No. There are two protagonists, the man you start the game as, and their "daughter", the mushroom girl/matango you play as through most of the narrative. The man's a hermit with no interest in any relationships, and the girl has little in the way of romance in the demo.
The recluse has no confirmed gender in game, just referred to them as such since they were asking if there were any gay relationships. Since the recluse doesn't partner with any men or male entities in any of the current endings, just used them as an example to make that clear. Guess my referring to them as a man came as force of habit, since the recluse always felt more masculine in my mind, the father figure to the Witch's mother figure.