His views probably are anti-trans, but if you consider trans to be, approximately, claiming to be a member of the opposite sex to what you actually are, and adv

His views probably are anti-trans, but if you consider trans to be, approximately, claiming to be a member of the opposite sex to what you actually are, and advocating for changes in law and policy that act as if that claim is true - then this isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's just a sociopolitical viewpoint. To draw the distinction further, not everyone with sex dysphoria (gender dysphoria) is trans. For example, some were previously, but are now detrans. Others just deal with it without making claims of being the opposite sex. I would contend that gender critical is a subtype of anti-trans, broadly based on an ideological rejection of gendered stereotyping. The other major subtype involves convictions based on religious beliefs. Less popular subtypes include, for example, skepticism of the consumerist aspect of trans that may follow from holding an anti-capitalist worldview. Holding anti-trans beliefs does have connotations of being a bad thing, but this is mostly because pro-trans activists have latched onto pro-LGB activism.