I hear what you're saying, and let me express it this way. There was always that female on a team full of guys. These girls could be strong a fierce too. Scroll down through my examples. My argument is below them.
The difference now is that marketing / media is playing up identity like it's a big deal; hence, there are headlines like that (which I'd prefer end up in the shredder).
Everybody, then and now, likes when they see someone like them, but now marketing / media makes you think you should care. Oddly / annoyingly this goes against what the people they target view as a sensible society by creating divisions. It creates segregated, special-class citizens. These companies play on false insecurities. You don't hate these examples. You hate the marketing focusing on identity.
They were always the butt of jokes like United Colors of Benetton ads were bitd. Now, they wrangled a whole generation as an army of marketeers.
You got it! That's exactly my point. If the next iteration of Power Rangers came out today, there would be headlines exclaiming, 'First Gay Power Ranger!'.
F*uc, leave it alone, damn Media. If we're all supposed to be taught that everyone is equal, then don't make it a big deal. That's virtue signaling. Cool characters are cool regardless of how they identify. G'damn that girl has slick legs!