(Headline USA) Several former and current university students are suing their sorority chapter for admitting a biological man who identifies as a woman, alleging the man’s presence made girls feel extremely uncomfortable and unsafe.
The sorority members filed the suit against Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Washington in the U.S. District Court for Wyoming on Monday, asking the court to void the membership of Terry Smith, who goes by Artemis Langford, the New York Post reported.
Smith, a 21-year-old male who claims to be a female, was admitted into KKG last fall, becoming the first man to be accepted into a women’s-only sorority.
Smith’s acceptance became possible after KKG altered its bylaws in 2020 to define a woman as “an individual who consistently lives and self-identifies as a woman.”
Smith is 6 feet, 2 inches tall; weighs 260 pounds; and makes zero effort to appear like a woman, the sorority members said. The school itself even still uses male pronouns in reference to him.
Smith also reportedly admitted to the girls that he is attracted to women. He created a Tinder profile seeking female matches, and was caught watching an unsuspecting girl who was wearing only a towel walk toward the communal bathroom to take a shower.
The sorority members said Smith has become visibly aroused when watching women inside the sorority house. He “had an erection visible through his leggings,” the lawsuit said, causing him to cover his groin area with a pillow.
Smith has also asked uncomfortable questions about feminine experiences, including “what vaginas look like, breast cup size, and whether women were considering breast reductions and birth control,” the lawsuit says.
By allowing this man into their space, the sorority girls alleged KKG failed them and its central purpose.
“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 lawsuit said.
