A transgender student in Texas has lost the lead role in his high school’s theater production of “Oklahoma!” due to the school’s recently implemented gender policy for students.
Max Hightower, a 17-year-old senior at Sherman High School in Sherman, Texas, landed the lead role of Curly in the play last month, his father, Phillip Hightower, told local CBS affiliate KXII. Shortly after Hightower’s casting, however, the student was replaced when the school’s principal, Scott Johnston, called Hightower’s father about a new gender policy for student performers.
