Sorority alumnae take legal fight to federal court after being given a brother instead of sisterhood

Sorority alumnae returned to federal court Monday, asking judges to revive their lawsuit against Kappa Kappa Gamma after they alleged the sorority’s national leadership improperly allowed a chapter to admit a transgender woman.Plaintiff Allie Coghan told Fox News Digital that while she has since graduated, she hopes the appeal will establish a clear legal precedent that protects single-sex private spaces and keeps national organizations from overriding local member consent.“We were promised a sisterhood, and we were given a brother,” Coghan said.“If Kappa wants to redefine the word woman to include men in the definition, that’s fine, but they have to go through the proper procedures to do so and allow members to vote, which they did not.”The legal fight stems from 2022, when transgender student Artemis Langford was allowed to join the University of Wyoming chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma.Coghan said despite reservations from her and other sorority sisters, Langford was admitted into the sorority.Coghan said the chapter did not follow its normal voting procedures during the process.Instead of using what she described as the chapter’s traditional recruitment app, Coghan said members were required to submit non-anonymous Google Forms attached to their email addresses.“They were knocking on girls’ doors asking for proof that you had voted,” Coghan said, adding that officers told members they would be labeled “transphobic” if they voted against membership.Coghan said that, despite attempts by members and parents to contact the organization’s national leadership, executives did not answer phone calls and eventually stopped answering emails.She and several of her sorority sisters ultimately launched a legal challenge.The initial lawsuit was dismissed by US District Judge Alan B.

Johnson, who ruled that Kappa Kappa Gamma, as a private organization, could interpret its own membership requirements.However, the alumnae, supported by the Independent Wome...