Student-led magazine sent to families includes gender identity teachings, district says it’s legal

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – West Orange High School’s student-led magazine “The Blade” was sent to students’ homes and contained controversial topics including gender identity teachings, which the school district said is legal.

Orange County Republican Executive Committee Chair Erin Huntley told Florida’s Voice parents are “alarmed” by the 28-page full color magazine which contained “several controversial topics and insinuated that the content was banned.”

A November edition of the magazine on page 27 defined terms such as “intersex,” “genderqueer,” “transgender,” “gender identity,” “cisgender (cis)” and “assigned sex.”