he asked if God still forgives

Said he had been convicted in the court of public opinion.  Convicted of his appearance, his lifestyle and other minutia.

He asked if God forgives.

He had taken the standards of man and been condemned, but these are not all in line with God's standards.

God has already forgiven, but is he repenting to man or God?

Consider that so many never know real guilt, or only know guilt in man's eyes.  Many more think deep down, knowing his or her own heart, that he or she is a good person, despite outside circumstances, failed relstionships and so forth.

There is a nugget of something in the mind, maybe something still an infant, maybe something animal, not blissful but naive.

Man had to learn sin, just as mind through his intellectualism found sin in the garden.

Consider further: God already sent Jesus to intercede in man's sin guilt.

Reach for God and be blessed.