Me personally - I really don't care what anyone's sexual preference is, in fictional works or in real life. The only thing that tends to annoy me in fictional works is when it feels like shoehorned virtue signalling, in any "direction." And then what annoys me is the signalling, not the sexuality.
I happened to watch Dog Day Afternoon last night, which (though it's based on a true story) demonstrates that it's been possible to represent sexuality and gender topics without virtue signalling since at least 1975.