Real Oppression of Transgender People
by John Spritzler
July 4, 2026
There is real oppression of transgender people, oppression that I and all good people condemn and denounce. I am speaking of homicides such as the ones that occurred in 2023 and 2024 listed here, when the motive is hatred of a person because they are transgender. I am also speaking of discrimination against transgender people just because they are transgender, such as this example of an employer doing just that. Transgender people deserve all the respect and dignity and civil and human rights that everybody else deserves. We should all do whatever it takes to end the real oppression of transgender people.
At the same time, I have written here and here about how the ruling class has seized on the fact of there being transgender people to pit the have-nots against each other by telling us that some things are wrongful oppression of transgender people when in fact they are not really so.
For example, the ruling class tells us that it is oppressive of transgender people to deny a male who identifies as female the 'right' to use public women-only shower and locker room facilities, or to compete against women in physical sports. And the ruling class tells us that it is oppressive of transgender people to make it illegal for health workers to administer life-altering (including sterilizing) puberty blockers to 13 year old children or for surgeons to remove both the breasts (double mastectomy) of 15 year old girls whenever a child says they want this procedure or surgery.
The ruling class tells us that those who do not oppose such supposed "oppression of transgender people" are transphobic bigots. Lots of people know this is false.
The last thing transgender people need is for the public to believe that there is no real oppression of transgender people because they know that what the ruling class says is oppression is not really so. This is one reason to refute the false ruling class claims. The other reason is to prevent the ruling class from turning good people against each other with this issue.