Take your transphobia elsewhere.
A trans woman is still a woman, there's literally no one saying she isn't a woman
Except the rainbow crystal that was present after the raid (which was the first of its kind, mind you! Also, the ones in Bestways Burrows are obviously artificial - the one we see in Eden obviously isn't), the almost shot-for-shot recreation
(link to a side-by side comparison)of a scene between Rinoa and Squall with Gaia taking the role of Squall and Ryne taking the role of Rinoa (down to subtle detail and camera angles! Mind you, FF8 is a love story), and the FF8 love theme playing at the very end as well.
Also, I'd pay close attention to what happens in the Crystals in E12. Not just the voice lines, but what's physically going on. Not to mention them holding hands in the 5.4 patch artwork.
Sure, nothing
confirmed anything. But to pretend all the evidence isn't there is asinine. Especially given Japanese companies don't tend to outright confirm these things, but everything points to them being in the same kind of relationship as Squall and Rinoa, lol