A judge has dismissed a lawsuit contesting a transgender woman’s admission into a sorority at the University of Wyoming, ruling that he could not override how the private, voluntary organization defined a woman and order that she not belong.

In the lawsuit, six members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority chapter challenged Artemis Langford’s admission by casting doubt on whether sorority rules allowed a transgender woman. Wyoming U.S. District Court Judge Alan Johnson, in his ruling, found that sorority bylaws don’t define who’s a woman.

The case at Wyoming’s only four-year public university drew widespread attention as transgender people fight for more acceptance in schools, athletics, workplaces and elsewhere, while others push back.

    • @paintbucketholder@lemmy.world
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      2610 months ago

      Disagree.

      It was Kappa Kappa Gamma that accepted Artemis Langford.

      These six girls were suing the sorority because they wanted to prevent Kappa Kappa Gamma from accepting transgender people.

      The sorority is the hero here for successfully defending its decision to accept transgender members.

    • Smoogy
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      110 months ago

      I see you didn’t read it nor the write up directly at the top.