▲ 712 ▼ TX school bans trans boy from playing "Oklahoma!" male lead, recasts with cisgender male student (www.salon.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world [M] to c/news@lemmy.world 189 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is absolutely against theatre traditions. I was an angsty theatre kid. I would conspire to ruin every and any play for the remainder of my time at that school. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I literally did a monologue in drag and the school was fine with it. And this was the 90s. Things have gone backward, amazingly enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doubletwist@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I went to school in West Texas (bigotry Central). In elementary school in the mid-80s, it was tradition that the 6th grade class always put on a performance of 'Guitarzan' for the annual talent show, and EVERY year it was tradition that Jane was played by a male student. The main difference of course is that it was played as humorous. A joke with a ridiculous coconut bra. So it's not that Texans have a problem with cross-dressing itself, but with taking seriously anyone who isn't ashamed of it. Which to me seems to make it even worse. I hate this state. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* Yes, that's a good point about the kind of progress that has been made. Minorities have always been tolerated in certain roles where they are perceived as non-threatening or entertaining, but progress is about allowing everyone to take part and be respected in the wider society. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I literally did a monologue in drag and the school was fine with it. And this was the 90s. Things have gone backward, amazingly enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doubletwist@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I went to school in West Texas (bigotry Central). In elementary school in the mid-80s, it was tradition that the 6th grade class always put on a performance of 'Guitarzan' for the annual talent show, and EVERY year it was tradition that Jane was played by a male student. The main difference of course is that it was played as humorous. A joke with a ridiculous coconut bra. So it's not that Texans have a problem with cross-dressing itself, but with taking seriously anyone who isn't ashamed of it. Which to me seems to make it even worse. I hate this state. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* Yes, that's a good point about the kind of progress that has been made. Minorities have always been tolerated in certain roles where they are perceived as non-threatening or entertaining, but progress is about allowing everyone to take part and be respected in the wider society. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doubletwist@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I went to school in West Texas (bigotry Central). In elementary school in the mid-80s, it was tradition that the 6th grade class always put on a performance of 'Guitarzan' for the annual talent show, and EVERY year it was tradition that Jane was played by a male student. The main difference of course is that it was played as humorous. A joke with a ridiculous coconut bra. So it's not that Texans have a problem with cross-dressing itself, but with taking seriously anyone who isn't ashamed of it. Which to me seems to make it even worse. I hate this state. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* Yes, that's a good point about the kind of progress that has been made. Minorities have always been tolerated in certain roles where they are perceived as non-threatening or entertaining, but progress is about allowing everyone to take part and be respected in the wider society. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* Yes, that's a good point about the kind of progress that has been made. Minorities have always been tolerated in certain roles where they are perceived as non-threatening or entertaining, but progress is about allowing everyone to take part and be respected in the wider society. permalink fedilink source parent