- Texas high school senior Ana Mota and her parents filed a federal lawsuit against Grand Prairie Independent School District after officials canceled a production of Little Shop of Horrors.
- The lawsuit accuses the district of violating Title IX by refusing to let Mota play the male lead, Seymour, because she is female.
- School officials scrapped the musical and replaced it with Disney's Frozen, citing concerns over themes and referencing Texas Senate Bill 12.
- The complaint argues that Texas law contains no text requiring an actor's biological sex to match a fictional character's sex in a theatrical production.
- The lawsuit asks a federal judge to reinstate the original musical, restore Mota to the lead role, and prevent sex-based discrimination.
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