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He got snippy about someone PRing gender-neutral language, calling it "politically motivated." His explanation was that they hadn't sent previous PRs, which seems like a stupid reason to reject that one; some people are better with language than they are at code, so they're more helpful fixing comments than fixing bugs.
That said, trans people were never mentioned, and the fight for gender-neutral language long predates any significant public awareness of trans people; also, "meltdown" seems like an exaggeration. He was somewhat rude, but not completely unhinged.