So the deal was that even thought the word itself was never used, it fits the character so is all good either way, right? I can understand both sides of the arguments but I do agree that is pretty stupid to complain like that and call it an insult to the creator when is obviously something that bothers him in a personal level.
I understand why she refers to herself in third person all the time, they wanted to keep it secret if she used atashi or boku... But I should've seen it coming, when you see a character trying extra hard to appear moe, is probably cross-dressing.
Also yeah I cried too! this anime is the surprise of the season... Nice bird
Well, she can't say the word itself because that word does not exist in the Japanese language, they don't have any word for transgender at all.