According to Phillip Hightower his transgender son, Max, was given a male part in the musical before he was told he couldn t play that part due to his birth gender.
A Texas student who identifies as a transgender male was kicked out of the lead role of his high school musical after his principal introduced a new gender casting policy.
A transgender student in Texas suddenly lost out on a lead part in "Oklahoma!" when the district decided to implement a new policy that "only males can play males."