Wanna make Juliet a trans girl? Where in the script does it say she isn't?
Well, technically, nowhere. But I have a very hard time believing that any family in Renaissance Italy would ever allow their son to become their daughter, for a few reasons:
1. This was the Renaissance. This was a very religious time in history. And the Catholic Church would burn you if you went so far as to say the Sun was at the center of the solar system, much less saying that you were the wrong gender.
2. This was pre-modern Europe, where sons were a lot more valued than daughters were. There's no way any sane merchant family would give up a son to gain a daughter like that.
3. To be honest, I can't think of anything good here, but I like groups of three, so I guess I'll just say that where would Juliet even have heard of the idea?
Sorry for the sperging. Label this A-Log if you want but I had to get it out. I'm a tiny bit of a history buff, especially when it comes to Europe.