“John wants to leave home but can’t afford it. He said he applied to dozens of jobs while in college but never got past two job interviews, during which he was upfront about being transgender.”
Sounds like his college environment isn’t an more amenable to his “identity” than his hometown.
What was the plan after college finished coddling them?
It is a cold cruel world out there....especially when you are brainwashed to be a kook.