> a lot of people have now realized this and are explicitly fighting back against trans demands.

They are literally actively trying to create the world where trans people are hurt as much as possible. They are not on the defense, they are the assholes.

>Blacks and women have historically benefitted from explicit racial and gender preferences

Man, no one got more historical benefits from explicit racial and gender preferences as white men.

> which looks like "preventing blacks and women from career rise" from the perspective of a pro-affirmative-action person.

They are literally prevented from progress solely due to their race and gender. As was historical norm for a long time.

> the poltical demands trans people make in the explicit name of trans rights necessarily entail enlisting the state to help destroy gender distinctions

This is hysterical in both senses of the word, and also nonensical.

> Both of these phenomena are contemporary American poltical currents, and don't have much to do with the tech industry in and of itself.

The mode of opposition against culture change to benefit these groups is the same mode of opposition against technology. Both exist to preserve status quo - to keep the same hierarchies.