I'm convinced Jake is just your run of the mill insufferable, fat, basement dwelling shut in who decided that calling himself trans would ensure a group of people had to be his supportive friends. Yet he seems to have failed even at that due to his unrelentingly neediness, self-pity, non-stop whining and general grossness. It's pretty amazing if you can't even get all your tranny buddies to give a fuck about your fake suicide threats, they usually swarm that shit just for the drama alone.
I think people like Jake just try to create or cling to some identity to belong to a group. What they haven't learned is at it's core people will react the same to you if you're a clingy, self-centered, relentless needy emotional vampire making constant suicide threats for attention, no matter what group you join. Mormons, scientology, lesbians, model train collector, rock climbers, peace activists, etc..no body wants to be around that shit. Some groups are more open and accepting than others but Jake wants another mommy to cater to his every need and hold his hand through every mood swing, not friends.
Sadly, Jake is right about one thing - if he was a "cute girl" he could at least find pathetic fat nerd (like himself) to cater and care for him. It's amazing what some people will put up with if it's in the form of an attractive female, but sadly for Jake he's just a nasty fat man. He's too much of a loser and too needy to even get himself a unattractive psycho girlfriend to use him.
His mother is right about him basically joining a tranny cult, what's hilarious is they don't seem to actually even want him. You gotta wonder how much some weird mother complex has played into Jake. The fact that Mom still supports and lets Jake live with her as a grown ass man in his 30's says a lot. Mom should have kicked his ass out and insisted he man up many years ago, but instead she's kept those apron strings intact. Either she's a bit of a psycho or she thinks Jake is a mental defective who can't take care of himself so she's resigned to being his caretaker until she dies.
I'm actually surprised he didn't go the opposite route and become a MRA type, he at least would have made more friends but not the kind that would have catered to his unrelenting emotional neediness.
