When special interest groups can get you cancelled, they are in a position of power - criticising them is punching up - this is exactly what one of those jokes

When special interest groups can get you cancelled, they are in a position of power - criticising them is punching up - this is exactly what one of those jokes refers to: that trans people/groups often have white privilege, or some kind of institutional support. That said, suggesting there is a binary power structure is incorrect in the first place.