Traditionally, sororities and fraternities have provided both men and women with social networking opportunities, academic accountability, leadership training, and much more.
Most importantly, each group has always been exclusive to one gender – making the bonding and social experiences that much more special. Especially given the fact that most women in sororities live together in different types of campus housing, the gender separation has always been important for the overall safety and comfort of everyone involved.
In 2023, the University of Wyoming decided to change the rules by allowing males to be admitted into sororities, quickly prompting a lawsuit.
On September 14th, Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority members of the University of Wyoming appeared at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit for oral arguments appealing the 2025 case dismissal against the sorority for allowing biological males to join.
According to 2025 comments from Judge Alan B. Johnson,
“[The court] may not interfere with Kappa’s contractually valid interpretation of its own Bylaws… nothing in the Bylaws or the Standing rules require Kappa to narrowly define the words ‘women’ or ‘woman’ to include only those individuals born with a certain set of reproductive organs.”
You were likely shocked at the case’s dismissal given the very real safety and privacy concerns that the sorority members raised. According to their complaint,
“The Fraternity Council has betrayed the central purpose and mission of Kappa Kappa Gamma, by conflating the experience of being a woman with the experience of men engaging in behavior generally associated with women…”
The man that prompted the lawsuit is Terry Smith, a male who has admitted that he wears women’s clothing “only occasionally” and has not undergone any transgender procedures.
Many sorority members came forward about their uncomfortableness around Smith. They reported he would stare and engage in other behavior that made members feel unsafe and even scared.
NBC News reported back in 2023 a list of these complaints in the original lawsuit (disturbing content below):
“One sorority member walked down the hall to take a shower wearing only a towel. She felt an unsettling presence, turned, and saw Mr. Smith watching her silently…”
“Smith has, while watching members enter the sorority house, had an erection visible [through leggings].”
“Smith allegedly saw a woman not wearing a bra change shirts. After that incident, “other Kappa members informed Ms. Doe VI that while watching her” Smith had “become sexually aroused,” the complaint said, and Smith allegedly “repeatedly asked” Doe VI about her romantic attachments after the encounter.”
Once you open the door to the delusion that a person could be in the wrong body, you inevitably open the door to the victimization and targeting of women in what are supposed to be private, safe spaces.
Terry Smith is a prime example of this – a sexually sick male claiming to be a female and just for the sake of being able to be a peeping tom without any disciplinary action.
Fast forward to today, the alumnae of Kappa, along with Riley Gaines, rallied in support of this case being appealed. In a press conference, Gaines commented,
“It was two years ago [when] we stood right on these same steps here at the courthouse. … We listened to what the Kappa Kappa Gamma attorneys had to say. And here we are now. A lot has changed in the past two years. But you know what hasn’t changed since the Garden of Eden until current [times], and [what] won’t change until Jesus comes back and walks this planet again? Is the definition of the word ‘woman.’”
No woman on any college campus should be forced to share any private space with a biological male.
We must all pray that the Court takes real action towards truth and the need to protect women.
