Those Carroll High School Students Do Not Give Up

 I wrote about the cancelling of Carroll High School's Spring Play in For Those Who Think of Indiana as Being Straightforward, they continue making news.

From today's Indiana Capital Chronicle: Students behind revived LGBTQ+ play invite governor, state lawmakers

 Fort Wayne high schoolers — readying their own production of a cancelled play with LGBTQ+ themes — on Wednesday invited Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb and the state’s 150 lawmakers to the one and only performance.

“Being exposed to stories that acknowledge the LGBTQ experience isn’t something we need to ‘protect’ people from,” four students wrote in a letter addressed to a Holcomb spokeswoman. “It’s something that can help us all better understand each other, which is sorely needed right now.”

The teen edition of “Marian, or the true tale of Robin Hood” was to be the Carroll High School drama department’s spring play. But in February, after parents expressed concerns over some LGBTQ+ elements — like a same-sex couple and a non-binary character — administrators called the production off, WBOI reported.

Students protested the decision, which administrators said was meant to protect those involved from harassment and heckling.

“Their decision to side with a homophobic minority sent a very public message, intended or not, that at Carroll, queer students are second-class citizens,” the students wrote. “Unfortunately, that message wasn’t contained to our school district.”

 I am not sure the Anderson Highland Class of 1978 would have come up with these kinds of actions.

Let us hope they have a sell-out crowd, that the performances. I doubt Governor Holcomb has the nerve to show up.

 

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