The Shootist is a Western drama centered on an aging gunfighter's mortality and legacy. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes within its narrative, focusing instead on traditional Western tropes and personal drama.

The Shootist is a Western film centered on an aging gunfighter's final days. It does not include any transsexual characters, themes, or related narratives, resulting in no identifiable portrayal.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film adaptation of Glendon Swarthout's novel maintains the established genders of all its significant characters, with no instances of a character being portrayed as a different gender than in the source material.

Based on the source novel and the film's casting, all major characters in "The Shootist" are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established depiction. There are no instances where a character canonically or historically established as one race is portrayed as a different race.