You people are being so dishonest and out of touch with reality on this “homophobic friends” discourse, and I’m going to need all of us to touch grass.
There are people who only came to terms with their sexuality less than 2 years ago. Before that, they’ve had a full life. Friends, community, people who showed up for them in difficult times.
In situations like this, asking said person who just went through whatever mental battle of accepting who they are to rid themselves of any transitioning period and just block all their “old” friends is you setting them up for failure. Especially because this is a deeply homophobic country, and if you don’t let some of these people go without hurting their egos, you stand to probably be outed and the sorts.
We have conversations in extremes and it’s tiring. Happy birthday to you and your family members since you can afford to wake up and just cut off every single homophobic person you know, but that’s not everybody’s reality and people deserve more grace.