The Texas Tribune
Baylor University student Veronica Penales, who has emerged as one of the leading LGBTQ student advocates on campus, poses for a portrait at Pinewood Coffee Bar in Waco on July 4, 2021.
LGBTQ students at Baylor University have been pleading with school leaders for years to officially recognize a group on campus, which would not only allow them to meet on campus and qualify for school funding, but also affirm for queer-identifying students there is a place for them within the university community.
The request for recognition by Baylor students has been consistently rejected.
But this spring, the university’s board of regents narrowly opened the door for a change. They passed a noncommittal resolution that will allow university leaders to explore the possibility of approving a LGBTQ student group in an effort to be a more “caring community.”