Seven female University of Wyoming students are suing their sorority for inducting a man, arguing that the move violates Kappa Kappa Gamma's corporate charter and imperils the safety and historic gender exclusivity of the sisterhood.

The plaintiffs, collectively and anonymously referred to as "Jane Doe" in the March complaint obtained by National Review, petitioned the court to order KKG to nullify the transgender-identifying man's admission and abandon its unauthorized gender-inclusion policy.

"The claim alleges that the leadership of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity have breached their contract to provide a single sex experience to its members," Cassie Craven, an attorney representing the seven women in the case, told National Review. "Women are entitled to single sex experiences and single sex spaces. Women's rights deserve protection."

KKG did not respond to a request for comment.

In the fall of 2022, sorority members at the school were pressured into endorsing the initiation of transgender pledge Artemis Langford, National Review previously reported and the complaint noted.

In late September, KKG members at the school received a Google form via email asking them to vote on Langford's admission.

A KKG woman told National Review in October that chapter leaders, including the president and membership chairwoman, held a meeting at which they dismissed the concerns of members who felt deeply uncomfortable with a male being initiated. One member allegedly claimed that to deny Langford a bid would oppose "Kappa values" and encouraged dissenters to quit the chapter, according to the KKG source.

The online vote asked members to identify themselves with their emails, in violation of the sorority's secret-ballot procedures. According to KKG policy, Langford could be admitted only by unanimous vote, and chapter leadership was required to disclose the final vote tally. Both of those conditions were violated, as chapter leaders simply announced that Langford had been inducted without confirming that he'd secured enough votes, the KKG woman said.

After objecting to the outcome, the seven young women claimed that the organization pushed them to resign, depriving them of the Greek-life experience since their Kappa initiation disqualified them from subsequently joining a different sorority, the complaint said.

Langford's induction was granted with the permission of national KKG headquarters, which in 2018 issued a "Guide for Supporting our LGBTQIA+ Members," declaring that the sorority welcomes both "women" and "individuals who identify as women."

Rather than officially change the organization's bylaws, which would have required the consent of the board of directors and a two-thirds majority vote at the biennial convention, KKG's national president simply issued guidance to chapters directing them to admit biological males. This unilateral change to admissions criteria violated long-standing KKG policy, according to the complaint.

"Current Kappa leadership has chosen to violate their duties to protect this cherished institution," Craven said. "They have ignored the organization's Charter and Bylaws in favor of activism and by doing so, have harmed its members and the organization as a whole."

KKG is being inconsistent by calling itself a "single gender organization" while maintaining a guide that allows biological males to join the organization, the complaint said. A sorority, by definition, discriminates on the basis of sex, a legal exception to Title IX.

The University of Wyoming Fraternity Council overseeing KKG said it views gender as a "broader construct encompassing identity," based on how an "individual defines themselves in terms of characteristics traditionally identified in this culture as male or female," according to the complaint.

The plaintiffs also accused KKG of infusing politics into the society's mission, which is to foster camaraderie and support among its female members.

KKG was once "a place of refuge from political stances, understanding and respecting that their membership is broadly diverse in their personal beliefs, backgrounds and experiences," Craven said, but now it's a place where gender ideology is imposed on members without their consent.

According to the KKG source, a senior member of the sorority accused opponents of Langford's admission of being "homophobic" at a September chapter meeting. Another senior member allegedly commented, "If your only concerns are about her living in the house, you are thinking too far down the road."

Observations of Langford's peculiar behavior have vindicated some of the women's fears, the plaintiffs claim.

A sophomore at the college, Langford is 6′2″ tall and weighs 260 pounds, according to the complaint. The KKG source said, and the complaint elaborated, that Langford has not taken steps to transition. Langford still carries a driver's license that identifies him as a male, wears women's clothing only occasionally, and has refrained from treatments such as hormone therapy, feminization surgery, and laser-hair removal, the complaint claimed.

The plaintiffs alleged that Langford is sexually interested in women, using Tinder to meet them. Witnesses cited in the complaint said they've seen Langford sitting alone in private areas of the sorority house, where he can get a close look at women walking by, with a visible erection. Sometimes, a pillow sits on Langford's lap, the witnesses said.

Langford is set to live in the sorority house alongside KKG's female members within the year. The chapter president allegedly told worried members to use the bathroom "that Artemis doesn't use," according to the KKG source. But some of the women use different bathrooms across the house for brushing their teeth vs. showering, potentially forcing them to interact with Langford in various stages of undress.

The KKG source told National Review that Langford "has made no efforts to physically look like a girl."

"He's just calling himself a girl. All you have to do is identify as a she/her," she said in reference to KKG national and chapter bylaws.

Langford started participating in sorority recruitment in spring 2022. While meeting members of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, Langford allegedly shared his interest in cadavers and touching human corpses, the complaint claimed.

Langford repeatedly asked whether he could live in the sorority house but dodged questions about his hobbies and goals, a witness who chatted with him during the week's events recalled, according to the complaint. His comments and mannerisms have left many women feeling uneasy about their continued membership and living situation at the house.

The consensus among the plaintiffs is that KKG as an entity has failed them. By violating procedure to craft a policy that sidesteps biology and members' objections, KKG has neglected its purpose and responsibility to the women it claims to serve.