Re: University of Wyoming sorority hits back at members who sued over trans member

The Starmaker <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Mighty Wannabe wrote
> 
>> Evidently "college" doesn't teach thinking or decision making.  Why
>> would women admit a faggot into their sorority to begin with?  Women
>> are the problem here. They are not rising to defend their gender. 

AUniversity of Wyoming sorority has hit back at members who complained 
about a trans woman being accepted into their local chapter — insisting 
the term “woman” is “unquestionably open to many interpretations.”

Seven sorority sisters from the Kappa Kappa Gamma sued the sorority in 
March, saying that the chapter violated its own rules by admitting Artemis 
Langford last year.

Six of the women then refiled the lawsuit in May after a judge twice 
barred them from suing anonymously.

The lawsuit claimed Langford’s presence in the Kappa Kappa Gamma house 
made some sorority members uncomfortable.

It alleged that the trans pledge would sit on a couch for hours while 
“staring at them without talking.”

On Tuesday, Kappa Kappa Gamma filed a motion to dismiss the suit, claiming 
that it is a “frivolous” attempt to kick Langford out for “their own 
political purposes.”  

The motion also suggested the complaining members resign from the sorority 
if its “position of inclusion” is “too offensive” for them.

Members allege the sorority bent and broke its rules to induct Langford in 
September. Facebook / Artemis Langford
“Plaintiffs request the Court to insert itself into this controversial 
political debate and declare that a private organization can only 
interpret the term ‘woman’ using Plaintiffs’ exclusionary definition of 
biologically born females,” the motion, obtained by The Post, reads.

“Kappa defines its membership in its position statement adopted in 2015 as 
individuals who identify as women,” it continues.

“Plaintiffs cannot  identify any bylaw, standing rule, or policy that 
prohibits Kappa from taking this position, and the term is unquestionably 
open to multiple interpretations.”

The sorority’s membership policy also mirrors those of the 25 other 
sororities in the National Panhellenic Conference, the umbrella 
organization for sororities in the US and Canada, according to the filing.

Kappa Kappa Gamma argued in a legal filing that the term “woman” has 
evolved since its founding 150 years ago. Facebook / Kappa Kappa Gamma 
University of Wyoming

One member reportedly claimed she was called a “bigot” and “transphobe” 
for not wanting to shower or sleep in the same space as Langford.Facebook
In a separate filing Tuesday in support of the sorority’s motion to 
dismiss the case, an attorney for Langford wrote that the lawsuit also 
fails to mention any wrongdoing or seek relief from Langford.

The Kappa Kappa Gamma members suing are flinging “dehumanizing mud” in 
order to “bully Ms. Langford on the national stage,” the attorney alleged 
in the filing.

“This, alone, merits dismissal,” the filing states. according to 
Langford’s filing.

The sorority members are seeking to have a judge void Langford’s Kappa 
Kappa Gamma membership voided and award unspecified damages.

In March, Kari Kittrell Poole, the sorority’s executive director, said the 
members’ complaint contains “numerous false allegations,” but did not 
specify them.

Kappa Kappa Gamma did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 
Langford could not be reached for comment.

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