Clearly I have come to this thread late as everything that seems to need saying has been said. However, I think one major point has been missed. As a straight white male he was considered by the woke (PC) fraternity as the lowest of the low, something of no account, someone whose opinion has no worth. By coming out as gay he immediately gains big points and as a white male homosexual he elevates himself onto the first step of victimhood and his opinions now have value. Watch out for him identifying himself as black or female, better still, transgender or Muslim liberal and he would be elevated to the top of the tree.
Mike.X