This is an inevitable result of this ideology. In places where they actually decided to police gender in bathrooms, academic monitoring of this situation showed that they found 0 trans women, but had harassed, trespassed, and, in one case, assaulted cis women who were more masculine, or androgynous, in appearance.
You make a good point about these people's behaviors being compared to an addiction. An addict will also lie to your face or make up shit they know nobody could possibly believe, but they just double and triple down on their lies and false narrative. Whatever it takes to protect their addiction.
It's like my mom. She would only ever call with bad news. Misery loves company. And finally I had to say to her. Please if you cannot call with something other than bad news and panic, kindly do not call at all. Indignantly she said, don't worry I won't call you anymore. Just can't help herself.