The whole "Black/female James Bond" thing is part of a set of controversies that interest me, which are basically like, "how much does a story need to revolve around 'Demographic X Issues' to 'represent' Demographic X".
EG would or should a "Black James Bond" movie be about like, Africa, or police brutality, or whatever, or would it just be "No Time To Die but with David Oyelowo".
Both options would probably cause some complaining online, and probably with some justification either way.
I feel like sometimes movies or shows try to do both, have a character who "just happens to be queer/Black/female", but give them one awkward speech or episode about discrimination and hardship. IDK if that's the best approach.
The solution is probably just like, you know, the same as always. Do good writing.
For example "Spy", already a great "female James Bond" movie, Melissa McCarthy has specific issues that are certainly related to being a woman, but not JUST "she's a a woman", and they're not forced in, they're what the movie is about.
For writing a gay character, there's a path between "ctrl-f 'girlfriend' replace 'boyfriend'" and having someone necessarily be disowned by their parents or have a big speech about how they can't hold hands in public or whatever.
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