School officials canceled public performances of “The Bullying Collection”, telling organizers it did not conform to school values. Scenes in the play include one student confronting another for bullying a gay student.

Oliver Baez spent two months rehearsing a scene for a school play in which his character confronts another student about bullying a gay student who takes his own life.

After much preparation, the 12-year-old’s small scene turned into a big problem among school officials in Wheatland, Wyoming. At the last minute they canceled the anti-bullying play, saying it did not conform to school values and leaving the young cast without a stage.

“It was awful,” Baez said. “For the school to cancel it, it’s like saying that ‘LGBTQ should not be included in a society.’ Which is really awful and cruel.”

Twenty-five years after a watershed moment for the gay rights movement — the murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student in a university town not far from Wheatland — the canceled performances of “The Bullying Collection” show how far the LGBTQ+ community still has to go to gain acceptance in Wyoming and elsewhere.

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A local theater group, the Platte County Players, has permission to perform there and salvaged the rights to the play and sponsored the performance a month later at the high school, as originally planned.

  • @[email protected]
    4•6 months ago

    Lol your entire point was that “gay relationship bad because some people want to cheat on their wife”. This has nothing to do with leaving kids, yet you’re trying to insert kids into the equation to make people feel bad about the concept of relationships based on consent. Stop being delusional. You can’t “leave your kids”.

      • @[email protected]
        4•6 months ago

        Nice joke, you can break down and make trolly remarks all you want, that doesn’t make society point and laugh at you any less.

          • @[email protected]
            6•6 months ago

            What are you talking about? Your entire shtick is making dumb comments in a bid to shield your arguments under the guise of “haha it’s totally a funny troll” yet it doesn’t work because you’re still obviously getting offended by people telling you you’re wrong. Trolling doesn’t work when you’re being half-serious and actually identify with the undertones & beliefs you’re spouting. All I did was state that. I’m neutral with it because I’m not the poor sap that’s afflicted with your mental disease.

            You can get offended with my comments all you want, your only stance against them is laughably easy to disprove and makes you look like a dumbass.

            • @[email protected]
              -2•6 months ago

              You’re… right. Under the guise of trolling I am absolutely seething right now. Your logic is just too sound to be refuted. Once you pointed out my mental disease with such grace despite your obvious passion I know I had met my match. I attempted to dodge with the gay dad comment, but you’re right it wasn’t funny. Also untrue as in my earlier comment I didn’t mention it was a gay brothel. I am now naked and writhing in your arms, held together by the sheer force of your big-brained embrace