INSIDE VOL. 22, NO. 33 | ON THE COVER: TOM STOVER ILLUSTRATION
COMMENT NEWS COVER STORY CULTURE
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FOOD FILM MUSIC EVENTS
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I SAW YOU GREEN ZONE BULLETIN BOARD LAST WORD
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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magine never quite feeling comfortable in your own skin. Imagine spending an entire lifetime like that. Now, staring at death, what would you do? Jamie Breedlove decided to embrace who she really was. “My peace is I’m going to die as Jamie, not Jim,” she tells staff writer Jake Thomas. This week’s cover story, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Pee,” features Breedlove’s journey as well as the stories of other TRANSGENDER people who now find themselves in the middle of America’s latest culture war (page 20). It’s crucial moment: Last month, the Obama administration issued a directive instructing public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms matching their identity. Meanwhile, many states are pushing in the other direction, proposing “bathroom bills” of their own. Also this week: The Inlander’s music festival, Volume, is taking over downtown Spokane (page 52) and in Browne’s Addition there’s ArtFest (page 38). — JACOB H. FRIES, editor
RAISING WAGES PAGE 8
FIRST FRIDAY PAGE 37
TURTLE SOUP PAGE 42
WHO BUILT HANFORD? PAGE 62
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