I think a friend might be transitioning but I'm not sure and I want to support him.
So for some context I 19m have know this person also 19(male atm) and we have know eachother since we were 4, fast forward 15 years and we still remain very close friends. Just recently he changed his insta pronouns to He/they/her and his insta profile to Alroy. He also just started to paint his nails recently, and I noticed he's started to lose a bit of weight. (Which could just be him trying to get into shape.) He just got a girlfriend recently as well which I wouldn't be surprised if she could've helped him discover this side of himself.
So in short I just thought I'd reach out to people that would know more than me. I'm seeing him on the weekend and I just want to let him know that I'm here for him and just reinforce that he can share stuff with me, which I think he already knows, but I just wanna reinforce it somehow. Cause I was his closest person till he got this girlfriend 3 months ago (he told me this multiple times)
Anyway I don't know if I'm overthinking this but I just want to be there for him as he has some struggle in the past with mental health and I don't want him to slump back there.
Also another quick question can I give him a nickname on insta so I know it's him cause I don't really realise atm when I get a message from him and i dont know of hes actually changed his name yet.
Thank you for your time 😃