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Lawsuit over transgender woman in sorority goes to court
A lawsuit regarding the admission of a transgender woman into the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at the University of Wyoming begins with opening arguments in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver on Monday.
Members of the University of Wyoming's Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority filed the lawsuit after Artemis Langford, a transgender woman, was admitted into the chapter.
A U.S. District Judge dismissed the case without prejudice, ruling that the sorority's decision to admit a transgender woman is protected by the First Amendment's freedom of expressive association.
The Independent Women's Law Center stated that the case concerns whether a women’s sorority should be only for women and hopes the court will allow the plaintiffs to proceed with their claims.