<sod>Rarely has Jensen himself actually commented publicly on transgender politics, though, in his 2006 book ''Endgame'', Jensen does briefly mention and even identify with transgender people, along with other [[Social exclusion|marginalized groups]], in a call for [[solidarity|political solidarity]].<ref>''Endgame'', V.2, p. 829: "We are the oppressed. We are prisoners, family farmers, animal liberators, women, children, American Indians, blacks, Mexicans, poor whites, Asians, people of the Third World, the indigenous. We are lesbians, homosexuals, transgendered."</ref> In 2015, Jensen published a ''[[CounterPunch]]'' article explaining that he is criticized by trans activists primarily because he believes (female-born) women should not be forced "to share their most intimate spaces with men.... I believe that women have the right to bathe, sleep, gather, and organize free from the presence of men," which his opponents have regarded as offensive towards male-born trans people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/10/liberals-and-the-new-mccarthyism/|first=Derrick|last=Jensen|year=2015|publisher=CounterPunch|title=Liberals and the New McCarthyism|website=Counterpunch}}</ref> Some have defended Jensen's stance on gender, lauding that he challenges "trans activists on their assertions that... their brain is 'female',"<ref>[http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/07/01/too-many-notes/ Gaslighting in the Age of ‘Misgendering']</ref> on the basis of this being a problematically [[essentialist]] position.<eod>
<sod>Jensen has rarely commented publicly on transgender politics, though, in his 2006 book ''Endgame'', Jensen does briefly mention and even identify with transgender people, along with other [[Social exclusion|marginalized groups]], in a call for [[solidarity|political solidarity]].<ref>''Endgame'', V.2, p. 829: "We are the oppressed. We are prisoners, family farmers, animal liberators, women, children, American Indians, blacks, Mexicans, poor whites, Asians, people of the Third World, the indigenous. We are lesbians, homosexuals, transgendered."</ref> In 2015, Jensen published a ''[[CounterPunch]]'' article explaining that he is criticized by trans activists primarily because he believes (female-born) women should not be forced "to share their most intimate spaces with men.... I believe that women have the right to bathe, sleep, gather, and organize free from the presence of men," which his opponents have regarded as offensive towards male-born trans people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/10/liberals-and-the-new-mccarthyism/|first=Derrick|last=Jensen|year=2015|publisher=CounterPunch|title=Liberals and the New McCarthyism|website=Counterpunch}}</ref> Some have defended Jensen's stance on gender, lauding that he challenges "trans activists on their assertions that... their brain is 'female',"<ref>[http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/07/01/too-many-notes/ Gaslighting in the Age of ‘Misgendering']</ref> on the basis of this being a problematically [[essentialist]] position.<eod>