I come from a railroad family. I was (briefly) third generation on the Kansas City Southern RR.
When "Women's Lib" was the big thing in the 1970s, one agitator approached the KCS and demanded to know why there were no women on train crews. The president of the company responded correctly: "We don't discriminate by sex. We will hire any woman who meets the physical job requirements."
The physical job requirements included being able to remove a train coupler "knuckle" (a football shaped bit of forged steel that weighs over 80 pounds) from the side of the locomotive, carry it a half mile down the track on sloping chat, remove the broken knuckle, install the new one, and walk back.
They had zero women apply for the job.
As a veteran, I don't give a flying flip about your genitalia, your sexual preference, or your politics. I served with plenty of white male heterosexual fat f***s who couldn't drag themselves away from the Burger Bar, and I'd gladly take anyone who scored 240 on a PT test and had my back, over any of those worthless slobs.
One job, one standard. That standard should only be ability to perform the job.