Here’s the cynical take. Studios make shows adapted from books not because they’re looking for good ideas, but because they’re looking for good investments. When a studio greenlights a show, they don’t know if they’ll make a return on that investment. But a book series comes with a pre-existing fanbase already disposed to watch whatever gets made. With Star Trek, that audience is trekkies. Adapting the books won’t make the show any more likely to succeed, so it’s probably not going to happen.

Are there protests?

There are protests near me. I’ll probably go on Friday. Check out what’s near you: https://www.mobilize.us/

Intersex- people whose sex at birth isn’t clearly male or female

You’re not wrong, but I don’t see the advantage of turning your nose up at people who want to be your allies.