I never thought that in a country where all jeans are unisex and men wear just as much makeup as their female counterparts, that a 5th grade boy playing a girl in a school play would be an issue. Oh the drama of 5th grade drama!
Let me explain... One of my students couldn't speak up enough for anyone to hear him, so characters had to be changed. Which meant one boy got stuck playing a girl. And then Ms. Judy became Mr. Judy - and the character of Andrew suddenly had to talk about his father in the play instead of his mother, somehow an uncle and a neighbor got thrown in as well... And so on until my head was spinning.
I've never had any of the kids throw such a fit over something like this before - usually they enjoy it! And if you're among this small percentage of 5th grade boys you may want to rethink your geographic location... 
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