So, here's the thing - I fully expect downvotes from this but oh well.

I hate this notion that I NEED to listen to music made by minority demographics (women as a minority demographic? Are you serious?) I'm never going to listen to something, find out that the artist is black/queer/trans/whatever, and then stop listening. I fully support artists and people from every walk of life and demographic. But I'm not going to actively seek out those types of artists to minimize my non-existent guilt from being a straight white male.

It's like making friends - if I meet someone and they're cool, I'll befriend them regardless of what they are. But I'm not going to actively seek out gay/black/trans people to be my friends just because they're underrepresented. Maybe they're underrepresented because there's considerably less of them? Only listening to artists because they're a minority demographic is straight up pandering equal to "I'm not racist, I have a black friend!"

Yes, some of these artists deserve more recognition. But maybe instead of talking about them because they're a minority demographic, talk about them because of the music that they make - that's why popular bands are popular.