Cool name, intriguing. Will this be Star Trek's first transgender character or will she just be called Michael?
I'm leaning toward her simply being named after someone called "Michael" and that in the future, names aren't necessarily tied to genders.
Let's face it; if we're to assume Michael is male, the SJWs would pitch a fit that they didn't cast a transgendered man, let alone a woman for the role.
I think we need to get out heads out of the 21st century.