I think it is because if you can get validation and money and companionship and sex pretending to be a dog on the internet while fucking male strangers...
There is no reason to put on a maid dress and say "harder master" or put on a woman costume and say "I identify as female and chopped off my cock and balls" and try to force your way into female spaces thinking the more females you expose yourself to the higher your chance at getting laid and feeling accepted becomes.
The gays are disgusting but mentally healthier than troons in comparison.
Both are internet-assisted, self-diagnosed afflictions. One seemed to vanish when the other became more trendy.