Yes, there were irl friends (of course later I realized they were never as good friends as I thought, lol). What’s unusual, we met at school. At first I only perceived them as girls, which they are, but some months later I learned the first one is FTM. Later, in another school, her social transition went so far she was using a different name and pronouns at school. Always had a more masculine style but it was accelerated in the next school, with the hairstyle and even different clothing.

In the span of few years the second girl came out as bi, then came out as pan and later (or circa pansexual coming out?) as nonbinary. In her case it involved a new fake name but only used among friends and sometimes online and silly neutral-sounding pronouns (our first language isn’t English so it all sounds even stupider than they/them).

Around year or two year after the second one’s NB coming out we all fell out, they both suddenly cut contact with me and only left a message saying how much of a bigot, prude and hater I am. That all being said when I was (sadly) supportive of their identities and never mocked them for that; however they knew they both were further than me into the gender shit, for example there were some queer things I would never accept (like related to children or being against kink at pride).

I was a bit angry and sad it happened since I didn’t mean bad for them but overall I became happier. Later I realized it’s actually better that way for me, to not be burdened with their traumas or irritating behavior. But most importantly - I realized how evil this stuff is. Perhaps I was lucky never meeting MTF too, I feel most FTMs and female enbies are more tame and less predatory.

There were also a few online acquaintances (all women again) who trooned out. We also lost contact but I wouldn’t say it was directly due to the trans thing. I say this because with some I drifted apart before they came out. Only later I encountered their profiles online again and saw how they changed. Almost all were trans men now, one nonbinary (but striving for a more transmasc style than the real-life ex-friend I had). In one case, I distanced from one female artist I knew online when we argued over something (she was overreacting over me noticing she was mean to someone else) and we didn’t talk much later (even though the matter was explained). However, one day I saw she now uses a male name and male pronouns, so I went to unfollow and block her, as this disgusted me. I must admit she was a fujoshi, though never I would expect her trooning out; I wonder if there was any childhood trauma involved. Once she had some girlfriend I think, after trooning out started a relationship with another woman art creator who’s a trans man too. I know they’re getting hormonal therapy currently. Cursed things.

Additional fact: the first ever trans person I ever known, that girl from school who was FTM, now uses even a different male name online (with a different surname, Asian-like). I figured out she might be hanging with some older man, that sounds weird. A sugar daddy? Tranny chaser? Who knows.