Three I can think of from the top of my head. All of whom were close friends until he turned on them at the slightest hint of thought/tastes/BEING independent from his own.

The point being: you (all) are the only one seeing this as a trans issue. I see this as another attention-whoring ploy from a Grade A bag of dicks and will not personally shit on the respect I have for the rest of the human race by acknowledging him as anything but a dick. Because it pisses him off.

You (all) whiteknighting? That's just a bonus.