Posted on 10/15/2023 2:27:18 AM PDT by Morgana
A transgender student has shed tears of happiness after a judge dismissed a lawsuit that contested her admission into a sorority at the University of Wyoming.
Wyoming U.S. District Court Judge Alan Johnson, 84, ruled that he could not override how the private, voluntary organization defined a woman and the order that she not belong.
In the lawsuit, six members of the 40-strong Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority chapter challenged 21-year-old Artemis Langford's admission by casting doubt on whether sorority rules allowed a transgender woman.
The sorority sisters who sued said Langford's presence in their sorority house made them uncomfortable - and alleged how Langford 'has, while watching members enter the sorority house, had an erection visible through his leggings. Other times, he has had a pillow in his lap.'
They also accused her of taking photos of them at a slumber party and to have made inappropriate comments to them.
Following the lawsuit's dismissal, Langford is hopeful for a fresh start this semester.
'Maybe I can just be another student on campus, another regular sister in the Wyoming chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma?' Langford told The Washington Post. 'Maybe I can just be me.'
The lawsuit portrayed Langford as a 'sexual predator' but the judge found that claims about her behavior turned out to be nothing more than a drunken rumor.
The suit also alleged Langford violated KKG policies by joining the sorority despite not being a woman, or making an effort to look like one.
'I wish it didn't matter to me. All the things they said. How they painted me like a mannish freak,' Langford said, speaking of the suit.
'Some parts were completely made up,' Langford said. 'Others were things I remember but in their version was twisted to look weird, gross, sexual.'
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Artemis is spending to much time at the hog trough.
She won...she’s not going anyplace.
Wife - God rest her soul. - was a Kappa Kappa Gamma - of course we both graduated in 1973 - 50 years ago.
She’s probably spinning.
“Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?”
Mae West
Odd because I recall dreaming as a college student what it would be like to sneak into sororities at night anytime I wanted. Just never thought of JOINING one!
You obviously were never bullied.
Yes I was and it made me who I am. Stop whining.
If that’s true, where did they buy their daughters?
(Note: I’m just pointing out that there is more scandal involved in the idea than some may have assumed.)
I’ve known kids who killed themselves because of bullying.
No we don’t need to “bring it back”.
Let it be a “sorority” of one.
The boyfriends could give this guy an honest-to-goodness blanket party some night in the sorority house, but they would have to go to Omar The Tent Maker to get a blanket big enough.
Right of association? What’s that? Obviously not something they teach much in law school these days.
And I know kids who have been bullied and it made them stronger...like me. No system is perfect.
Preach it.
Imagine that!
i will bet you that’s against the rules. the girls need to give him a beatdown with bars of soap in socks..
Very poorly on purpose I suspect!
It would now be a sorority of 1.
All other normal, real, young ladies oughtta bail !
Which is obviously nothing to brag about.
If you think bullying is OK, it shows a serious defect in your character and a callousness that is unacceptable.
You have nothing to be proud of. .
Nationwide. Let the current sisters quit and be the last women in the sorority.
...which would then make it a fraternity.
The enemy of the sorority sisters is their own national organization whose officers supported the transvestite and allowed him to live in the house.
So much for women protecting women.
All the sororities I know of choose as to who will be included each year - sorority rush. How did he/it get in?
from Wikipedia:
Sorority recruitment or rush is a process in which university undergraduate women join a sorority. It is a procedure that includes a number of themed rounds in which different events are included.[1][2] The rounds are followed by preference night and finally bid day in which a college student receives an invitation to join a certain sorority.
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