A lawsuit filed by six members of a University of Wyoming sorority who are challenging the admission of a transgender woman into their local chapter will be argued in an appeals court Tuesday. The case is set to be argued before the three-judge U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
FILE - In this June 14, 2016, file photo, two people walk on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie, Wyo. A U.S. appeals court in Denver is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by six members of a University of Wyoming sorority who are challenging the admission of a transgender woman into their local chapter. DENVER — A U.S.
The case at Wyoming’s only four-year public university has drawn widespread attention as transgender people fight for more acceptance in schools, athletics, workplaces and elsewhere, while others push back. The lawsuit and appeal describe in detail how Langford’s presence made the women feel uncomfortable in the sorority house in Laramie, Wyoming, yet sorority leaders overrode their concerns after a vote by the local chapter members to admit Langford.AP Was There: Shock, then terror as Columbine attack unfolds
Johnson’s ruling gave too much deference to sorority leaders in allowing them to define a woman under membership requirements, the sorority sisters argue on appeal.
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