Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The series revival focuses on the lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore and the residents of Stars Hollow, without incorporating storylines related to transgender identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The revival miniseries features the original cast reprising their roles, with all established characters maintaining their canonical gender from the preceding television series. No characters were recast with actors of a different gender.

The revival series brought back the original cast, and all established characters maintained their original racial portrayals from the preceding Gilmore Girls series. No characters canonically established as one race were depicted as a different race.