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Friday marks National Transgender Day of Visibility, and the Valley AIDS Council is holding a pair of events to raise awareness about the issues the transgender community is facing.
Veronica Vela Whitacre has been the District 6 McAllen City Commissioner for eight years. She said she decided to become a commissioner because many of her friends encouraged her to run. “They said, “Veronica, you’ve done everything there is to do in the city of McAllen. The only thing left you have is the city commission,” she said. “I thought, 'oh wow,' and they said, 'Veronica you’d be amazing. It’d be a good thing for our city to have you.' ” Vela-Whitacre was born and raised in McAllen. “I remember you could ride your bike anywhere, and we didn’t have a phone connecte...