A Texas high school student sued her school district Oct. 26 after administrators told her she couldn’t play the part of a traditionally male lead — despite being chosen for the theater role after auditions — due to a parental rights state law banning schools from diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
Instead of allowing the student, Ana Mota, to play the role of Seymour in “Little Shop of Horrors,” Grand Prairie Independent School District first offered the student a shared role as the female character in the play and then ultimately chose to replace the show entirely with “Frozen.”
An attorney representing Mota and her parents, who supported Mota’s casting in the original play, sued the district saying the district’s decision discriminated against Mota under Title IX, which protects students from sex-based discrimination…