I really liked this game as it was, and I liked the developer’s vision, but removing trans characters will be a really bad move, by removing these characters, you are sending a message to the complainers “you whine, I listen” and next thing you know, you’re not a developer anymore, you are their Slave Driver, you appease to their every wish, these people don’t want your game, they want their wishes satisfied, but because they don’t have your talent it’s easier to tell you what they want you to do. Its what I always say, feedback (feature, error, grammar, in-game system) it’s one thing, disapproval (character write-off, story elements) another.
Never listen to these people, you have a vision, stick it with, and will not be for the faint of the heart, if X, Y or Z don’t like it, move on, there’s literally other 17417 titles with vanilla relations, it won’t be hard to find, I promise.