Reasons why 90% of my gaming is pre-2005 stuff. A time were we didn't get all that representation showed down our throats through games.
Because when characters look like simple 5 pixels graphics, who cares right? As long your having fun. You can imagine whatever.
You do know know the original game had a gender change belt, right?
D&D has been about representation for decades.
Hell Ed Greenwood confirmed there's good aligned deities that will give you magical divine gender conformation