Kappa Kappa Gamma Wyoming sorority ruling
Ellie Cogan put it plainly: sorority leadership seems unable to grasp why a woman would be uneasy sharing a shower with a man. That unease gets heavier when some of the girls in the house have already survived violence. The house in question is Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Wyoming. Back in Fall 2022, Artemis Langford, a biological man, was let in. The constitution is explicit: only a woman may be a new member. Management waved that aside anyway, and the vote that cleared the way was carried out with violations. So the women's sororities ended up in court after a man was living in their house. Three years of litigation followed. A judge in Wyoming has now ruled that a private organization gets to define for itself who counts as a woman. An appeal is being heard in Denver. Calling any of that inclusivity doesn't hold up. #Wyoming
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So we're awaiting an appeal hearing for a group of sorority sisters who are suing their national organization over the admission of a transgender woman. Mike Emanuel has more from Washington to bring us up to speed on this. Mike. Bill, good morning. This lawsuit began three years ago when several Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority members sued the national organization over the admission of Artemis Langford, a biological male to the Kappa chapter at the University of Wyoming. Those backing this lawsuit say this biological male's acceptance violates the sorority's governing documents that say, quote, a new member shall be a woman. Plaintiff Ali Kohan says she hopes people will use this as a warning after this controversy tore her small sorority chapter completely apart. Kohan claims there was pressure from sorority leaders to accept a biological male and there were voting irregularities such as late notice and use of a Google poll. Transgender women in sports are already a hot-button social issue causing friction. Now the debate has moved to sorority houses. The plaintiff talked about why this caused such turmoil in that sorority chapter. Unfortunately, we are the ones that had to deal with the consequences, and the sorority does not understand for some reason why it's uncomfortable for women to shower in the same space as a man, especially when girls in the house are sexual assault survivors. Today's opening arguments are set for about 90 minutes from now. The appeal is at the Tenth Circuit in Denver after the federal court in Wyoming said the sorority was not entitled to be biological women only. Bill? Got it, Mike. Thanks. Mike Emanuel will follow it. Thank you. You bet.
