Univ. of Wyoming Sorority Sisters’ Lawsuit Over Transgender Member Tossed

Sorority sisters who have been attempting to have a transgender girl booted from their org simply received gut-checked in court docket — ‘trigger a choose tossed their lawsuit — saying the court docket had no enterprise telling the sorority how you can outline “girl.”

U.S. District Decide Alan Johnson dismissed the grievance filed by 7 members of the College of Wyoming’s Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter — who sued their very own sorority earlier this 12 months for permitting 21-year-old Artemis Langford, who’s trans, to affix their ranks in current months.

The explanation, per court docket docs obtained by TMZ … the court docket says it has no proper to intrude on how the chapter outlined “girl” for the needs of admitting potential members. The choose discovered Kappa Kappa Gamma clearly felt Langford was certified to affix when it voted her in … and going again to disqualify that now’s out of bounds.

Decide Johnson breaks it down like this … “The delegate of a non-public, voluntary group interpreted ‘girl,’ in any other case undefined within the nonprofit’s bylaws, expansively; this Decide could not invade Kappa Kappa Gamma’s freedom of expressive affiliation and inject the circumscribed definition Plaintiffs urge.”

In different phrases, the choose is saying this is a matter Kappa Kappa Gamma handled in-house — and it was inappropriate for a court docket to intrude.

As for the way Langford feels about this newest improvement … her lawyer, Rachel Berkness, instructed AP the claims by no means ought to’ve made it right into a authorized submitting to start with — so, it appears like her shopper is comfortable.

The sorority sisters who introduced this earlier than hizzoner alleged Langford — who’s described as 6’2″ and 260 lbs., and with male genitalia — would get sexually aroused across the girls inside the home. The sisters claimed they have been residing in fixed worry along with her round.