Openly gay junior to be Texas A&M student body president

[TexasTowelie]

An openly gay student will start as Texas A&M University's student body president in April.

Bobby Brooks, a junior from Belton studying economics, will lead A&M's student body, a milestone for the rural campus better known for its love of tradition than for its embrace of progressive social issues.

"I was an Aggie from the first day that I was born, there was no choice about it," Brooks told The Battallion, A&M's student paper. "My sexuality was a non-issue in terms of selecting Texas A&M as a university because I knew what this university could offer."

He ran on a platform of improving diversity issues at A&M, boosting student services, keeping costs low and improving relationships with faculty members.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Openly-gay-junior-to-be-Texas-A-M-student-body-11014319.php

[TexasProgresive]

1. Good for him, I wish Mr. Brooks all the best.

Maybe TAMU is maturing.

[texasfiddler]

2. He must be a log cabin republican

I would be more impressed if he was openly Democrat.

[Gothmog]

3. My father was an Aggie and two siblings are aggies

This makes me me happy