Legal and sociocultural oppression of transgender people never stopped, according to trans activist groups. In some ways, it is noticeably worse than before.
Actually... it IS worse than it was before.
But let's be realistic here. The nature of what constitutes "transgender" has substantially changed.
Previously - say 20 years ago - there were transgender people, although they were generally referred to as transsexual. They were largely male, with females being a very small portion. They were diagnosed with gender dysphoria, they had therapy and counseling to try to reconcile them to their physical bodies. And if that therapy failed to work, they were screened for other comorbid mental health issues that needed to be addressed first, and then they were supported through transition.
For the general public, especially females, there was trust. We trusted that the person with the male physique next to us had been counseled, had been given tips on how to not make females feel uncomfortable or intimidated, how to blend in and be respectful. They had almost all had considerable hormone therapy and usually had breast implants. Many of them had additional cosmetic surgeries to make their faces appear more feminine. We
assumed* they had almost all had a penectomy, orchiectomy, and vaginoplasty.
Most females were aware that they were male - they were tall, broad shouldered, with huge hands and feet, deep voices, and a male gait. But they were never inappropriate, and we knew they were going through something. Even if we didn't completely understand it, we could extrapolate, and we had compassion because it must be truly distressing to be so at odds with your own sexed body. So we had empathy and care, and we were willing to make accommodations, and to pretend that we couldn't tell they were male.
If you look at today... this is not even remotely the case anymore. Now, females are being told that we have no choice, that we should be forced by law to accept any male into our presence, solely on the basis of them saying a magical phrase. Modern transgender identified males have been very vocal about their intention to NEVER remove their male genitals, about their desire to continue to use their male genitals in a very male sexual way. They've insisted that they should need no diagnosis, no counseling, no training. They've told us that it's bigoted to expect them to even TRY to pass as female. And they've shared their sexual arousal at the thought of being in female spaces with the entire world through video and twitter and reddit and similar - they've been extremely clear that many of the modern crop of transgender identified males have a lot of sexual kinks and paraphilias, and that they are sexually aroused by violating female boundaries.
They have redefined the language that we use to describe ourselves, and have excluded us from our own language. They've insisted that we cannot be "women" without including males, we can't have feminism unless it centers the desires of males, we can't have female locker rooms unless they're open to males who wish to use them.
They've removed all of the gatekeeping, and they've become extremely aggressive about demanding that females relinquish all of our boundaries, and that we must allow them access to us under threat of law and of violence. They have harassed females who gather to talk about the impact of their demands on our rights. They have threatened rape shelters. They've called for violence against females who won't give in. They've physically assaulted females on multiple occasions for nothing more than talking about the impact of our sex on our lives and our rights.
So let's be clear: Opposition is definitely stronger toward this new breed of transgender identified people than it ever was toward the transsexuals of prior years. Because these new transgender people are materially different in behavior, aggression, and temperament than the transsexual people of prior years.
It's a completely new opposition to a completely new phenomenon which has a completely new set of very aggressive demands.
*Turns out our assumption was incorrect, and only about 20% of them had genital SRS of any sort. But they behaved appropriately, never gave us reason to distrust them, and they were never seen in female spaces unclothed.
