The Children's Hour (1961) explores the destructive power of a malicious lie accusing two female teachers of a lesbian relationship, leading to social ostracization and tragedy. While it addresses themes of societal prejudice and non-normative relationships, the narrative does not feature any transsexual characters or themes, focusing instead on homosexuality.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The 1961 film adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play "The Children's Hour" maintains the original genders of all its principal characters as established in the source material. No characters were portrayed on screen with a different gender than their canonical or historically established gender.

The 1961 film "The Children's Hour" is an adaptation of Lillian Hellman's 1934 play. All major characters in the film, such as Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, are portrayed by actors of the same race (white) as established in the original source material and its prior adaptations.