Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe election of an openly gay student body president was initially hailed as another milestone. Mr. Puente spent two years as a student senator and in 2012 helped a friend campaign for student body president. In 2015, the student election commissioner resigned under threat of impeachment after ballot errors and multiple campaign violations. But Mr. Perry remained silent until after the student newspaper published an article highlighting the fact that Mr. Brooks would be A&M’s first openly gay student body president. Mr. Brooks did not hide his sexual orientation, but it was not an issue during the campaign.

Source: New York Times March 24, 2017 09:00 UTC