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This is a core tenet of that community. A lot of them will come out as transgender because "I played video game and made character with big ass and thought wow she is literally me". This sounds like satire, until you realize many of them believe this.
Case in point; this article from "I have a vagina"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2014/jan/23/how-world-of-warcraft-game-helped-me-come-out-transgender
It's a common mindset in scenes adjacent to that community. The furry "fandom" has a massive portion (especially of tourists/newfags) who literally see their original characters as LITERALLY ME to the point they will get assblasted if you make fun of their fursona or draw it in the wrong way. This is because they see their fursona as literally them, and now with that knowledge you are now free to fuck with furries online.