Arrival does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative centers on themes of communication, time, and human connection in the face of an alien encounter, without incorporating queer identities or experiences into its plot or character arcs.

Arrival does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story centers on a linguist's efforts to communicate with aliens and her experience of non-linear time, with no elements related to transsexual identity present in the plot or character arcs.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film adapts Ted Chiang's novella "Story of Your Life." All primary characters, including Dr. Louise Banks and Dr. Ian Donnelly, maintain the same gender as established in the original source material. No character's gender was changed from a previously established canon.

The film "Arrival" is an adaptation of a novella where the race of its main characters was not explicitly specified. The casting choices for the film did not alter any canonically established racial identities from the source material.