Universities have become the new orthodoxy to protect the quasi-religious beliefs of the masses, namely that anyone can be anything they want to be and through the rituals of public life we can achieve equity and freedom like some kind of unachievable state of nirvana.

Exactly. This would be amusing if it weren't so serious: they screech in a tone so shrill only the dogs can hear that they are anti-religion -- this is about Science™! But the claim that "a person is born in the wrong body" is a manifestly religious claim. This isn't arguable. The statement is a question of origin, creation, and the meaning of being human. It is nothing to do with the mechanics of the natural world, which is the purview of science. They have created a new state-sanctioned religion, thereby destroying the intent of the founders by claiming not to be a religion at all. It is a fascinating phenomenon to watch in real time, again if it weren't such a tragedy relative to where we were just a few decades ago.