I don't know about Gay, but let's be careful that it's not character assasination campaigns by the reactionaries, seeking to seize control of these (educational

I don't know about Gay, but let's be careful that it's not character assasination campaigns by the reactionaries, seeking to seize control of these (educational) institutions too. Such situations are tricky: If you dig through every aspect of someone's long career and life, there's a reasonable chance of finding something problematic or even serious [edit: also, in every field, the way sausage is made can be a little messier than the public's innocent, simplistic imagination]. On one hand, we want to maintain the integrity of the institutions and our society. On the other, we need to be careful about incidentally empowering political suppression. I suppose part of the solution is not making it political, and not replacing people like Gay with their political enemies - ensuring there is no political benefit. Another part is to hold reactionaries and allies to the same standards; now egregious behavior and corruption is tolerated, and even encouraged as a way to flaunt power and disrupt order. (I don't mean that as whataboutism - if Gay did wrong, Gay should go.)