“the little dinosaurs in Bust a Move are gay lovers”

“At the end of the day, nobody gives two craps about each character’s back story.”

“who cares what this character’s sex preference is?”

I think you should familiarize yourself with the idea of representation, and look around online to see how people respond to feeling represented in media they like. It does matter.

The better question is do care if she is? We as the player are supposed to relate to the characters we play as in video games.