WoW's writing has been going downhill with each new expansion, I suppose it doesn't surprise me that they'd stoop this low.

With the flak Andromeda got for how badly it forced in a trans character, you'd think they'd at least try doing this with a bit of subtlety. It's not that hard. Back when I played Warframe, they managed to introduce a minor NPC that was trans, and they were an interesting character, though not relevant to the bigger story.