Local student is being denied the role for not be assigned male at birth. Now they’ve decided that Oklahoma is too controversial of a play and includes graphic scenes not fit for minors so they’re pulling the whole show. Bunch of asshats at Sherman, TX ISD.

Edit: I will try to answer any comments I can. I do not personally know the student. I can’t really speak for trans folks as I’m just an ally who wants better for this kiddo and all trans people.

  • @kromem
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    Yeah, because it’s not like theater has a longstanding history of having people play characters that are a different sex from the one they were born as or anything…

  • @[email protected]
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    There isn’t even an attempt to suggest that there is some form of greater good at play here. They just apologetically do it and make no excuses. This is oppression, plain and simple.

    • KumatomicOP
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      Now they’re acting like it was never about Max and that it was the adult themes in “Oklahoma” . They dropped the gender rule and the play is postponed until January. No promise of Max keeping his role. I’ll be surprised if they aren’t buying time so the original lead can take the part back.

    • KumatomicOP
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      121 year ago

      That’s how this whole damned town government is. It’s a crooked city run by crooked construction company owners, contractors, and other people in the housing market. They put house building before anything else in the town to the point of not enforcing ANY building codes against house builders, burning massive pies of brush in the middle of a heavily populated area for land clearing, and so much more. Their response? Landowners have a right to develop their land. I could go on for hours listing the corruption here, but I digress.

  • Bappity
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    disgusting. this policy wouldn’t exist if he didn’t get a lead role. it’s such obvious oppression

  • @shneancy
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    161 year ago

    clearly we just have a biological advantage in uh theatre how can you blame them /s

    • @Madison420
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      31 year ago

      Not for that school, they finna pay.

      • KumatomicOP
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        21 year ago

        For real. They’ve also been censoring the official school district government Facebook page.

        • @Madison420
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          21 year ago

          Ooo everybody comment something antagonistic but not threatening so they censor it and get hammered harder for civil rights violations.

  • @[email protected]
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    71 year ago

    Is the student actually transgender? Because the text of the article mentions Mrs. Doubtfire, which imo is pretty fundamentally different situation. I’m legitimately asking this question, would it be ok for a cis male student to play a female lead? I feel like that wouldn’t be ok with a lot of people.

    • RickRussell_CA
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      331 year ago

      The text of the article also says that Max Hightower identifies as a transgender male. His parents refer to him with male pronouns.

      I’m legitimately asking this question

      Are you? Because it seems like you’re wilfully ignoring the explicit statements in the article.

      • @[email protected]
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        -21 year ago

        That’s fine. I read the article. But his dad also talked about Mrs. Doubtfire, which like I said is fundamentally different situation

    • KumatomicOP
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      151 year ago

      The student is transgender. From my understanding he was assigned female at birth.

    • @[email protected]
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      The thing is Mrs. Doubtfire IS a male lead. In the musical Daniel Hillard (male lead) crossdresses as Mrs. Doubtfire, so not allowing Max to play that role seems transphobic (though it’s propably the school trying to protect its ass from lawsuits by groups such as Moms for Third Reich or whatever they’re called… It’s also quite ironic as the role seems to me gender non conforming to begin with).