Brokeback Mountain centers on the romantic relationship between two cisgender men. The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, thus receiving an 'N/A' rating for its portrayal of transsexual identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Brokeback Mountain is an adaptation of a short story. All primary characters, including Ennis Del Mar, Jack Twist, Alma Beers, and Lureen Newsome, maintain the same gender as established in the original source material. No characters were portrayed on screen as a different gender than their canonical depiction.

The film "Brokeback Mountain" is an adaptation of a short story. The main characters, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, along with supporting roles, are consistently portrayed by actors whose race aligns with the implicit or widely understood racial background of the characters in the original source material and the film's setting. No character's race was changed from their established depiction.