Places and Things

Sydney Valencia was eager to vote in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, primaries on July 20. She was also nervous. After transitioning last year, she was going to vote for the first time as a transgender woman. from https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/new-ride-share-app-will-help-lgbtq-voters-get-tennessee-n902611 https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2018_34/2540056/180822-sydney-valencia-ew-1120a_eac6a2df8b0e6d8088a6351b298c345a.fit-760w.jpg

(CNN) President Barack Obama announced Friday he was designating the area around the Stonewall Inn in New York City as the country's first national monument to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/24/travel/stonewall-inn-first-lgbt-national-monument/index.html