Soren the Wizard Cat

(if you don't want to publish this because it's spoilers, understandable, no worries)

I mean, frankly, I think that's just kind of an uncharitable interpretation.

Long story short, Jax's death is kinda the point of the story. Jax didn't just die *because* she was trans, she died because she couldn't trust others enough to overcome her personal trauma, and that's where the tragedy comes from. She was punished for sharing something personal with her mother, and that trauma meant she couldn't make genuine connections with the people around her. She became isolated and self-hating, and then died alone. It's a realistic, common tragedy for someone traumatized in the way she was. She's not being killed off at the last minute for being too queer, in fact I'm willing to bet that's why it's left "ambiguous." Jax died without any of the other people in the circus or anyone in the audience really understanding why, and we only truly come to understand why she acted the way she did because Pomni works so hard to find out. Jax being trans is an important part of the recipe here, but it's not the sole reason she died.