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Student actors had their roles taken from them after a decision by Sherman ISD over students' assigned sex at birth not matching the fictional characters in "Oklahoma!"
Sebastian Kahnert/GettyA Texas high school senior who identifies as transgender was cast as the lead role in the school play only to have it taken away by a new policy that said actors can only play roles according to the gender they were assigned at birth. Max Hightower told local network KXII he was devastated after being cast as the male lead in “Oklahoma!” at Sherman High School. He had previously played traditionally female supporting roles in other school productions but was allowed to wea