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I've said this before, but it's worth repeating.
Claire Russel is a late-stage re-development of an existing character from Cyberpunk cannon named Marianne Russel-Freeman (confirmed by in-game data). Marianne is a tranny as well, and owns a bar called The Forlorn Hope. Initially they were going to play some part in the game.
Claire was only morphed into this tranny character after CDPR got butt-blasted over the "Mix it Up" in game adverts showing a ladyboy with a huge cock in a swimsuit.
Obviously, to Cyberpunk fans this wasn't an issue - the whole setting uses graphic, sexualised marketing in order to push the hyper-consumerist/capitalist themes (sex sells, shock advertising etc). Not to mention that by 2077, let alone 2020, full body mods making you appear as the opposite sex are relatively common provided you can afford it.
But back in the olden days of Tranny-Twitter a bunch of progs got their panties in a bunch when the in-game advert leaked about "exploitation of trans peoples" and CDPR immediately capitulated, hurriedly making Marianne into Claire (or possibly re-using some existing cut story content for Marianne).