In reply to Andreas Nurbo.

It doesn't "define you" but it's incorrect to act like who you are doesn't shape your experiences of both software and the world at large. Women and minority groups absolutely have experiences of the world that will not and cannot be shared by cishet white men, and celebrating diversity of backgrounds intrinsically leads to diversity of experiences.

That also presumes that accepting and celebrating diversity isn't just intrinsically good. I don't see why we should feel having a community predominantly from a single group is an acceptable position to take.