When Bird came out as transgender at age 25, he said the Harry Potter fan community supported him, having learned from the books "about being yourself, loving those who are different from you and sticking up for the underdog.

[9] Publishers Weekly praised Bird's "sense of humor and lightness of touch," saying the book would "appeal to younger readers bogged down by the doom-and-gloom heaviness that can cloud the trans experience.

[11] Bird joined the New York Neo-Futurists in 2022, and is part of the regular performing ensemble for their late night show The Infinite Wrench.

[14] In 2020, Bird was selected as a fellow at the University of Southern California's Annenberg Innovation Lab,[15] which supports the career development of people "working at the intersections of media, technology and culture.

The Daily Dot reported on Bird's coming out, noting that the "Harry Potter and YouTube communities seem to have responded with universal support.