There is no "correct" number of gays, women, or minorities on TV. That's the whole point. You can include people if you like, or not, who gives a crap. Everyone is trying to determine the exact correct number of every division of identity on every TV show and organization. I don't mind throwing a bone to people once in a while and giving people opportunities, because why not, it's good to give people chances who might not ordinarily have them. But I'm not going to look at every single hiring decision and break it down like the census in order to make sure the proportion of people from group X or Y in the general population is proportionately represented in the staff of every organization in the country because people falsely assume that to not do so is somehow an indication of racism and sexism and then scream about it on twitter and run hashtags.
Traditionally characters of colour had their ethnicity as part of their character. J Lo broke that mold when she was lead in a movie in which her ethnicity wasn't referenced, she was just herself. It hasn't always been like that though, the 'default' is white characters unless the setting is specifically depicting latinx community, black etc.
The old mold probably doesn't bother you because you are represented. You may feel differently if movies look nothing like your world.
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