Ami AngelwingsNov 8, 2023

"People can only play roles of their birth assigned sex" is not something that even traditional theatre has ever done historically

https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4297925-trans-student-texas-kicked-out-of-lead-role-musical/

Trans student in Texas kicked out of lead role in high school musical

A transgender student in Texas lost a leading role in his high school’s upcoming musical due to a new policy established by the school’s administration. Sherman High School senior Max Hightower landed the lead role in “Oklahoma!” last month, his father, Phillip Hightower, told local CBS affiliate KXII. Then the principal called to inform him…

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Show threadAmi AngelwingsNov 8, 2023

"In a statement issued to LGBTQ media outlet Blade, the Sherman Independent School District (SISD) said there is no blanket policy on how students should be assigned to their roles.

“As it relates to this particular production, the sex of the role as identified in the script will be used when casting. Because the nature and subject matter of productions vary, the District is not inclined to apply this criteria to all future productions,” it said."

Wow so they basically admit that this isn't even a policy that they can reasonably or want to enforce across all productions, it's targeted very specifically for this one trans student.

Show threadAmi AngelwingsNov 9, 2023

follow up: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transgender-student-texas-high-school-theater_n_654c27eae4b0ea0b7f959864

TWELVE students (including cis ones) in the play were cut because "their sex assigned at birth did not match the sex or gender presentation of the roles in which they were cast"!?

again this is not even a thing you can claim is traditional or historical in theatre -_-

Several Students Were Kicked Out Of A School Play — All Over Their Gender Identity

“We just had this giant cry sesh outside of the choir room,” Max Hightower said.

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Show threadJason Petersen (he)Nov 10, 2023
@ami_angelwings in case you want, here is the URL without that weird Canada yahoo sports wrapper: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transgender-student-texas-high-school-theater_n_654c27eae4b0ea0b7f959864
Several Students Were Kicked Out Of A School Play — All Over Their Gender Identity

“We just had this giant cry sesh outside of the choir room,” Max Hightower said.

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Show threadAmi Angelwings
@jason thanks!
Nov 10, 2023 at 12:28amWeb