Bring back the nondiscrimination ordinance
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It seems like every year or so, The New York Times finds an opportunity to write about Sandpoint and surrounds — sometimes telling everyone in the world they should move...
Tagged: gender identity
‘Protect our women and girls’
Transphobia is deadly to people and communities By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff On Nov. 19, the Sandpoint City Council and county residents took the future of human rights in our city into their hands. The...
Sandpoint City Hall to consider amendment to non-discrimination ordinance
Move comes amid furor over transgender individual’s use of YMCA locker room By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Sandpoint City Council members convened in a special meeting Nov. 12 to address the municipality’s longstanding non-discrimination ordinance,...
Oat milk and the truthfulness paradigm
By Mariela Rebelo Reader Contributor I’ve been thinking about truthfulness a lot lately. Mainly because lying and being lied to is apparently being normalized now, and we are at risk of losing accountability, trust...
Let’s talk about vampires
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff I blame Twilight on the Puritans. Vampires have featured in American culture and media for centuries, but never more so than in the past 50 years, with smash-hits like...
It’s time to ‘Add the Words’
By Sen. Maryanne Jordan Reader Contributor I am often asked why I serve in the Idaho Senate. Why, as a Democrat in Idaho, would I choose the Idaho legislature? There are easier ways to...
