I was a teenager in the 80s - the time when Boy George, Marilyn, Annie Lennox etc all challenged the stereotypes.
Yes. That was about equality, saying 'whether you're female or male, you get to decide what you wear and what you do, whether it happens to fit a stereotype or not.'
The current situation is the opposite, as though stereotypes, and whether you fit them, tell you who you are. You have short hair? In the 80s you were perhaps a typical teenage girl with a Lady Di haircut. But today, it must of course mean you're male, a trans man or a lesbian. Otherwise you would have long hair, QED. It's incredibly backward looking and yes, like the 70s and 80s never happened.