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While I really appreciate the Guilt of the Graveworld Player's Guide, it's frustrating that how it works with SFS hasn't been explained for months now. In Pathfinder Society 2e, content from player's guides is accessed via chronicle boons (if it's available at all), but Starfinder Society 2e moved to an ownership model, and how that applies to the Player's Guide isn't clear. Or rather, it is clear, since the document isn't listed on the character options page, but that's very confusing to players. I would appreciate if it was formally clarified whether
A) Whether having a copy of the Player's Guide is sufficient to access content reprinted from the adventure (e.g. The Elebrian Ancestry, Corpsefolk Heritage, and the new spells and item), or is ownership of the adventure itself required
B) The Player's Guide also introduced several brand new backgrounds as well as some reprints from Pathfinder 2e, as well as the Stitch Flesh feat. Is it possible to access these at all in society play?
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In Pathfinder Society 2e, content from player's guides is accessed via chronicle boons (if it's available at all)
Since all the player options in Guilt of the Graveworld are already sanctioned by ownership of the book, I don't see Paizo removing that. If Paizo were going to make owning the player's guide count for sanctioning, all that would have been needed was saying so. If Paizo doesn't make that statement in response to your question, then I think a likely answer is that Paizo is waiting to put some of them or all in a chronicle boon. "If ?" they are also going to be available through a chronicle boon, then this comment is likely the answer to when. Jessica Catalan's comment.
So can you play a Corpsefolk if you buy the book or not, even if you haven't played the AP?
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Except for the fact that Corpsefolk are 'Uncommon', which normally means you would need a boon to access them...
(The same holds true for Khizars from Murder in Metal City - they are also 'Uncommon', so you need a boon for them.)
No, uncommon and rare items are usually available unless they're restricted for other reasons (e.g. The Escaped Experiment background is restricted for being overpowered and requiring a GM to choose an attribute boost for you, not because it's rare. The also-rare Joro Clone background is unrestricted because it's fine for the society to be flooded with Joros). That's why there's no boon for Khizars or Corpsefolk. This was a major change from previous editions that they were quite public in announcing.
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To be explicit for those who like references:
Some options within the game have a rarity trait of uncommon, rare, or unique. Options without a rarity trait are considered common. PC pg. 11 Unless otherwise specified, you have Access to all common, uncommon, and rare options (subject to the normal resource ownership rules).