please Naughty Dog give us a gay protagonist!!

Yeah it can...

There is a world of difference between a male police officer and a female police officer though based on standards and expectations of the job ... same with firefighters and military especially. Sadly, I don't see many women or feminist groups that argue that the current standards for women to become police (significantly less strict than that of males) should be raised, or that women should serve on the front lines with their male counterparts. Is very telling that no one seems to care about these types of things. 

And Tomb Raider and Heavenly Sword ... you sure you want to go with those examples? Didn't Square Enix just declare Tomb Raider to be a failure from a sales perspective (not saying it deserved it, but still)? Heavenly Sword was not exactly a major success either. Even PSP only God of War Chains of Olympus crushed it ... guess there is something to that "man-mountain" Kratos that consumers respond to more than ... um ... what's her name from Heavenly Sword (I played the game start to finish and I honestly can't remember a single character's name or any element of the story ... unlike God of War which was memorable even for a non-fan like me).

Hint that TLOU 2 will focus around Ellie tbh.

I am already tired of the obligatory minority and gender quotas in games. Far too often it feels artificial. I don't want gaming to become politicized. I wish they could let games be a free zone preserved from political correctness.

I'm also very tired of this holier-than-though attitude.

And still all you have to do is to kill everyone in their games.

I think people forget about Samus in Metroid. This proves that you can create a badass character, and it doesn't matter if it ends up being male or female. If Master Chief was female, it wouldn't matter. The games would all be just as good and revered by fans. If Uncharted had a female lead, it wouldn't matter.

Video game creators make games starring men because they're used to it. And, fankly, some of them are a bit immature and don't see women as equals. This certainly isn't a problem specific to this industry, it affects nearly every walk of life. But to engage in critical conversations in order to progress an issue is what moving any industry forward is all about.

It's time to grow up and realize that it's okay for a game to have a male sidekick and a woman hero. It'll be just as good (or bad) either way. It's up to us to evolve our perspectives in order to take gender "roles" out of the equation.

Odd that you would place that picture right after cutting out the rest of the post you qouted.

" We need more diversity. We need more Lara Croft's. We need more Terra Branfords. We need more Celes Chere's. More Ms. Pacman's!"

I agree with you, but please stop using the word minority as if its an actual race. Gaming is global.