>> Laura: WHEN COLLEGE >> Laura: WHEN COLLEGE STUDENTS JOIN SORORITY THEY DO IT FOR SISTERHOOD. THEY DON’T DO IT IN HOPES THAT A MAN WILL INVADE THEIR PERSONAL SPACE. STARING AT THEM SILENTLY. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AT THE KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA HOUSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING. SIX SORORITY SISTERS SAY THEY
WERE FORCED BY THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP — CHAPTER TO ALLOW A MAN IN INTO THEIR ORGANIZATION BECAUSE HE SAYS HE’S TRANSGENDER. WHAT COMES BEING INDUCTED IN THE SORORITY IS UNFETTERED ACCESS TO THE HOUSE. HOUSE FOR MEN EVEN FATHERS AND A BOYFRIENDS ARE BANNED FROM BEING BOYFRIENDS ARE BANNED FROM BEING
ON THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS. LANGFORD HAD ACCESS TO ALL OF IT. LANGFORD CHOSEN TO SIT FOR HOUR ON THE COUCH, LANGFORD STARES FOR WOMEN WALKING PAST. ONE SORORITY MEMBER WALKED DOWN THE HALL WEARING ONLY A SHOWER. SHE TURNED AND SAW LANGFORD WATCHING HER. THE SUIT ALLEGES THAT HE HAS
WATCHED MEMBERS ENTER THE HOUSE AND SOMETIMES HAD AN ERECTION VISIBLE THROUGH HIS LEGGINGS. OTHER TIMES HE HAD A PILLOW IN HIS LAP. HIS LAP. JOINING ME NOW INTRODUCELY IS JOINING ME NOW INTRODUCELY IS THREE OF THE SORORITY SISTERS. HOW DID THIS HIT WHEN YOU WERE HOW DID THIS HIT WHEN YOU WERE
TOLD THAT MAN WAS TO BE A MEMBER OF YOUR SORORITY? >> WE WERE ALL SHOCKED. ESPECIALLY IN A SPACE FOR WOMEN. WE JOINED UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS A SINGLE SEX ORGANIZATION. >> Laura: JALEN, I READ THE ACCOUNTS OF WHAT MADE THE SISTERS OF THE SORORITY SISTERS OF THE SORORITY
UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT ART ARTEMIS. WHAT DID HE SAY TO YOU THAT MADE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE? >> THERE WERE LOT OF UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENTS IN THE SORORITY HOUSE. WE’RE FIGHTING FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN SPACES AND WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO BE A WOMAN. WE WERE PROMISED THAT WE WILL HAVE A SISTERHOOD. MEANING ONLY FEMALES.
MEANING ONLY FEMALES. OUR NATIONAL SORE SORORITY IGNOR US. >> Laura: WE REACHED OUTTO THE KKG NATIONAL CHAPTER. THEY SAID WE CANNOT COMMENT, IT CONTAINS NUMEROUS FALSE ALLEGATIONS. KKG VALUES DIVERSITY AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON CLASS PROTECTED BY STATE, LOCAL OR FEDERAL LAW. CASSIE, I GUESS THEY WERE RELYING ON FEDERAL LAW HERE.
I DON’T THINK WYOMING HAS STATE PROTECTIONS IN THIS REGARD. NEVERTHELESS, LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL LEAN ON THE FEDS TO WIN THIS CASE FOR THEM. >> I DON’T SEE A WAY OUT FOR THEM. THEY WANT EVERYONE TO BELIEVE THAT BEING A WOMAN IS NOTHING MORE THAN WEARING LIPSTICK AND PRONOUNS THAT YOU USE.
IT AMOUNTS TO WOMANHOOD. IT AMOUNTS TO LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCES. THAT’S WHAT WE INTEND TO FIGHT FOR. >> Laura: ARTEMIS DOESN’T LIVE IN THE HOUSE. ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT, WAS GIVEN A WAIVER. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO LIVE THERE. WHY IS THIS? >> WE’VE SEEN EXTREME PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT GIVEN TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
IT’S DISHEARTENING THAT WHEN YOU’RE 6’2″, 260-POUND MAN YOU’RE TREATED AS THE VICTIM. BYLAWS ARE CLEAR. THIS IS ALL WOMAN’S ORGANIZATION. KAPPA WAS FORMED OVER 100 YEARS AGO TO BE THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR WOMEN. SO THEY COULD COMPLETE IN THE CLASSROOM AGAINST MEN. WE CEASE TO EXIST. WE’RE NOTHING MORE THAN IDEA, SELF-IDENTIFICATION.
>> Laura: HERE’S ARTEMIS BEING INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE SCHOOL NEWSPAPER BACK IN OCTOBER. TALKING ABOUT BEING ADMITTED TO YOUR SORORITY SAYING, I FEEL SO GLAD TO BE IN A PLACE THAT SHARES MY VALUE BUT TO BE IN SISTERHOOD TO BREAK THE GLASS CEILING. DID YOU ALL SIGN UP TO HAVE A
MAN LIVING IN YOUR SORORITY? >> WE DID NOT. WHEN I JOINED BACK IN THE FALL OF 2019. I WAS PROMISED A SISTERHOOD. WHICH IS WOMEN. FOR THAT TO AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE
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