Transgender isn't where feminism is, it is part of the backlash. Transgender is an entryist movement. Look at the f-word (UK site) for example. Ten plus years ago radical feminists were occasionally published on there, the comments were filled with lively discussion which included both liberal and radical feminists, and the site gained a certain amount of credibility in mainstream press. The leadership changed, a man who identifies as trans was very influential and gained a position, that was the end of that. Their posts have been wishy washy for years now and they have few comments any more. This has happened at multiple feminist sites and offline too, even Dyke marches and Reclaim The Night.
In the last decade trans activists have used male privilege to infiltrate feminism and become it's mouthpieces. They've done the same in the LGB movement. It has been going on for longer than that but it's been crazy in the past five to ten years how fast they have gained power. It has only been possible because of their male privilege, feminists are women like any other and we are susceptible to believing men over women and prioritising men and catering to male entitlement just like anyone else, though we battle ourselves over it and we raise our consciousness to be more aware of it.
They use their male privilege too in that they have better access to money (and fewer caring responsibilities) to spread propaganda and make activism a full time job. There are some extremely wealthy males who identify as trans, and there are plenty of abandoned wives and children behind them. How old is Anna Lee? Does a woman the same age generally have less luxury of time and resources to pursue long uni courses and student politics?
There are tons of males who identify as trans in the IT industry and they have definitely used their male privilege to influence twitter and Facebook. Look at any male dominated forum, whether it be anarchist, socialist, sports or gaming related, a fan forum, 4chan, or Wikipedia - you'll see women treated with the same disdain as always, and there is always a resident man who claims to be trans who the men who don't claim to be trans all support and believe without question. Male privilege - they are still treated as One Of The Boys at every level, because no one actually believes they are women.
We are stuck with these entryists because feminism is not allowed to be exclusive, to set it's own goals and boundaries. It is non feminists who won't let us set boundaries, they constantly try to 'gotcha'
us - if we take a critical look at any thing, they leap with 'well some women like that' etc, but so what? Taking a critical look is not condemning women who like something, it's applying our political principles to examining an issue. No other political movement is policed by others like this.
It feels endless and miserable and like there is no hope but it always makes me feel better to remember - they spend so much effort controlling and silencing us, why? Because we are dangerous. Not in the same way that males (identifying as trans or not) are - they aren't afraid we are going to murder and rape or raise an army against them. We are dangerous because we have the babies, we raise the children, we have influence. We need to use it whenever we can, we need to ignore and resist and defy their attempts to control us.