Why is the trans lobby so powerful?

These people are: Anti-science but they have the medical field by the neck. Misogynists who fight to undo generations of feminist progress but they have women's rights groups by the neck. Lesbiphobic but they have LGB groups by the neck. Poll after poll shows that the trans ideology is unpopular with the public but they have politicians and journalist by the neck. Research paper after research paper proves that trans women have a significant advantage over women in sports, and yet the have the sports field by the neck. Even the ACLU, a Civil Liberties Union have abandoned their core principles of freedom of speech and sex-based rights to kowtow to the trans ideology.

What is going on? The math isn’t mathing. These people are at war with truth and they are winning.

They've brung kids into the equation. They're afraid that trans kids will kill themselves so they play along. They feel this is the best treatment for suicidal trans kids.

That’s a good point and I used to think that too, but evidence has shown that suicide rates are the same before and after sexual reassignment.

During the Obama administration, they did a huge study to see if it should be covered under Medicare and they concluded that there wasn’t enough evidence to support that it benefits patients.

“Based on a thorough review of the clinical evidence available at this time, there is not enough evidence to determine whether gender reassignment surgery improves health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with gender dysphoria.”

https://www.heritage.org/gender/commentary/sex-reassignment-doesnt-work-here-the-evidence