Ed. Dept. Investigates U. W. For Allowing Male In Sorority

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into the University of Wyoming for allowing a male to be admitted to Kappa Kappa Gamma, a female sorority.

Back in 2022, Artemis Langford, a male who identifies as female, was allowed to join Kappa Kappa Gamma. Young ladies who were sorority members were prompting outrage.

Since then, there has been a series of court battles with the courts usually deciding that the sorority is a private institution that can change its rules if it wants.

The Office for Civil Rights announced that the University of Wyoming probe will look into the school.

“for allegedly allowing males to join and live in female-only intimate and communal spaces.”

“A school receiving federal funding that supports, sponsors, or promotes a sorority or fraternity, must meet its obligations under Title IX to protect its students from sex-based harassment and sexual assault, regardless of the sorority or fraternity’s policy,” the department stated.

“A sorority that admits male students is no longer a sorority by definition and thus loses the Title IX statutory exemption for a sorority’s single-sex membership practices.”

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals removed itself from the case on the grounds that

“it lacked appellate jurisdiction to hear the case, thus avoiding the question of whether Kappa Kappa Gamma’s directors breached their fiduciary duties in forcing the Wyoming chapter to initiate a male,” according to Independent Women’s Forum.

“We disagree the court lacked appellate jurisdiction,” stated May Mailman, lead counsel and Independent Women’s Law Center director, in a news release. “Women deserve the camaraderie and safety of sororities, but unfortunately, it also appears they first need courts brave enough to say so.”

Independent Women’s Forum praised the news of the probe this month.

“All-female sororities are intended to be safe spaces for women. Women deserve single-sex spaces where their privacy and safety are respected,” Beth Parlato, senior legal advisor for Independent Women’s Law Center, told The College Fix.