Bobby Brooks, 21, has been openly gay since freshman year in college and served as executive vice president of diversity for the past year. Brooks will become Texas A&M's first openly gay student body president to take office.

Bobby Brooks, 21, has been openly gay since freshman year in college and served as executive vice president of diversity for the past year. Brooks will become Texas A&M's first openly gay student body president to take office.

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