Puberty Blues is a coming-of-age story centered on two adolescent girls' experiences with sexism, peer pressure, and heterosexual relationships in 1970s Australia. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or explore queer themes, thus rendering the portrayal N/A.

Puberty Blues is a coming-of-age drama centered on two cisgender teenage girls navigating adolescence, surfing culture, and social pressures in 1970s Australia. The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore themes related to transsexual identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The 1981 film "Puberty Blues" is a direct adaptation of the 1979 novel. All significant characters in the film retain the same gender as established in the original source material.

The 1981 film "Puberty Blues" is an adaptation of the 1979 novel by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette. The characters in the novel and film are consistently portrayed as white Australian teenagers, reflecting the source material and its setting. There is no evidence of any character's race being changed from their established depiction.