Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Consequently, there is no discernible portrayal or impact on queer representation within the film's narrative.

The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While a shapeshifting character is present, their transformations are not depicted as an exploration of gender identity or transsexual experience, thus the rubric's criteria for depiction are not met.

The film adapts the "Valérian and Laureline" comic series. The main protagonists, Valerian and Laureline, retain their original genders. No other significant characters established with a specific gender in the source material were portrayed as a different gender in the film.

The film adapts the French comic series "Valérian and Laureline." The main protagonists, Valerian and Laureline, are depicted as white in the source material and are portrayed by white actors in the film. There are no instances where a character canonically established as one race in the comics is portrayed as a different race in the movie.