The film 'The Gossip Columnist, 1980' does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story focuses on a murder mystery and the activities of a gossip columnist, without any explicit or implicit queer representation.

The film's plot, centered on a gossip columnist investigating a murder within the Hollywood scene, does not include any identifiable transgender or transsexual characters or themes. Available plot summaries and character details indicate no presence of such depictions within the narrative.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

This 1980 television film is an original production, not an adaptation of existing material, a biopic, or a reboot of established characters. Therefore, there are no pre-existing characters with canonical or historical genders that could have been altered.

The film is an original 1980 TV movie, not an adaptation of pre-existing source material with established character races, nor a biopic of historical figures. Therefore, no characters had a previously defined race to be swapped from.

Not depicted in the film.