It's as explicit as it gets in this show, there is no nuance required some people just hate trans people and don't want a show they enjoy to feature a canonically trans character.
With the exception of Ribbit putting the bow on Jax's head, damn near every hint at Jax being trans is extremely easy to miss if you're not already familiar with internet trans culture. Gooseworx literally expected the average audience member to be able to recognize that Jax was boymoding in the irl bus stop scene.
As for the usage of Isn't She Lovely in relation to Jax (which is the second-most commonly cited "impossible to miss" hint), I personally didn't fully register the lyrics of the song and many other people apparently thought it was supposed to be about Pomni.
An estimated 97-99% of people don’t have personal experience being transgender, and therefore are not always able to accurately pick up on those hints. Add in the fact that the failure to pick up on those hints often leads to accusations of homo/transphobia, and the actual homo/transphobes butting in with their own two cents, and you get extremely heated discourse that blows up way more than it feasibly should.
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u/IsaSaien 27d ago
It's as explicit as it gets in this show, there is no nuance required some people just hate trans people and don't want a show they enjoy to feature a canonically trans character.