God the entire point is that it shouldn't matter. Executives forcing one thing or the other is what is making everyone hate both forces male and forced "woke" characters. Just let the freaking creatives do their job and stop having some committee decide for them. It makes the stories so freaking awkward.
If the story makes sense, I don't care. Let the creators make the characters they want and stop pushing agendas at all. If they want to make the queerest game let them. If they want a male protag, who cares. Executives are not creatives. (Neither are the panels of people they put in charge of market research either)