Paige asked Rick Riordan:

I'm a big fan of all your books, and I have been for about 5-6 years, but I was wondering if The Hunters accepts trans girls or nonbinary people into their ranks? I'm sorry this is so random

Rick Riordan I can only speculate based on the myths about Artemis, but given what I know, I would guess the answer would be yes. There are at least two myths about cis-male followers of Artemis (Orion and Hippolytus). Neither story ended well, but it does indicate at least that Artemis was willing to accept non-cis-female followers as long as they played by her rules. Many of her followers had escaped sexual violence or abusive families (or gods, or both), and were accepted by the goddess for sanctuary. Given all that, if a trans girl or nonbinary person wanted to join the Hunt and otherwise was willing to honor the goddess, I don't see why Artemis would turn them away. Of course this is just my guess. While the Ancient Greeks and Romans were well aware of what we would call gender fluidity and recognized a wide spectrum of sexual orientation, they did not use the same terminology. If they were around today, however, I doubt any of our concepts about gender or sexuality would surprise them.

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