I don't care what your race/sexuality are. I only care about what you can create and offer for sale to your players/customers. If you offer it for free then feel free to make whatever you want. If you're charging money, then a bit of audience research/expecations goes a long way towards a more profitable outcome.
Games have been created by women since the late 80s and early 90s: King's Quest, Halo series, Bare Knuckle (Streets of Rage) series, and so on. I only start to care about the person who created it only after they make something worth playing. Otherwise, if all they succeed in doing is making a waste of time then they deserve no attention or respect for doing so purely by virtue of being born a certain way.
Jim Sterling loves to rail on 'CAAApitalism' as a thing. Sadly only he seems to call it that but it is still funny ;)
Start off with a plan on how you want to run your business and then do that. Those who plan to fail are the ones who fail to plan.