The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

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The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
Letter to the Editor: Being LGBTQIA+ at Walter Johnson

Letter to the Editor: Being LGBTQIA+ at Walter Johnson

Blue Laubach
May 31, 2022
Netflixs Heartstopper debuted on April 22. The show is based on the graphic novel series by Alice Oseman and follows several LGBTQ+ high school students.

Heartstopper: a love letter to LGBTQ+ youth

Cora Flynn, Print Feature Editor
May 4, 2022
An LGBT pride parade; to many, sexual identity is something to express, not suppress.

Do “Say Gay”: The “Parental Rights in Education” Bill is Unconstitutional and Unjust

Brady MacBride, Staff Writer
April 27, 2022
“The Closer” should close out Dave Chappelle’s career: A commentary on comedy, free speech and the transgender experience

“The Closer” should close out Dave Chappelle’s career: A commentary on comedy, free speech and the transgender experience

Ellie Montemayor, Senior A&E Editor
November 10, 2021
Social studies teacher Nicole McCarn teaches her second period AP Psychology class on Sept. 15. Like many of her colleagues during the first week of school, McCarn offered her students a chance to write their pronouns and preferred name on a name cards on their desks. This was part of the MCPS push to provide transgender and nonbinary students an easier way to come out to teachers.

Students react to teachers asking for pronouns

Cora Flynn, Print Feature Editor
September 21, 2021
There are many YA books with LGBTQ+ lead characters out there, if you know where to look. A classic of the genre is Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli.

Six LGBTQ+ books to read for Pride

Cora Flynn, Staff Writer
May 25, 2021
Seniors Nicholas Orellana and Rubin Choi celebrate at Capital Pride. Pride events are held annually around the world to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

Capital Pride: the do’s and don’ts of DC’s LGBT festival

Hannah Markov, Photography Editor
May 17, 2019
HB399 has passed Utahs House committee. There are currently 15 states and DC with laws banning conversion therapy.

Utah conversion therapy bill’s substitute is counterproductive

Hannah Markov, Photography Editor
April 5, 2019
States highlighted ban the practice of conversion therapy. Maryland is the latest state to adopt a ban, responding well to its introduction by the first openly gay Maryland state senator, Richard Madeleno.

Conversion therapy now banned in Maryland

Yael Hanadari-Levy, Editor-in-Chief
April 26, 2018
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