Terminator Genisys does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on its core science fiction elements, time travel, and established heterosexual relationships, resulting in no depiction of queer identity within the film's storyline.

Terminator Genisys does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The film's narrative focuses on time travel, artificial intelligence, and the conflict between humanity and machines, without engaging with transsexual identity in any capacity.

The film features Sarah Connor as a central action character. While she engages in numerous battles against male Terminators and human opponents, her victories are consistently achieved through the use of firearms, explosives, or technological means, often with assistance from the Guardian T-800. There are no clear instances of her defeating male opponents in direct physical combat using only hand-to-hand skills or melee weapons.

The film reinterprets the Terminator timeline and character roles but maintains the established genders for all key characters from prior installments, such as Sarah Connor, Kyle Reese, and John Connor.