Two University of Wyoming sorority alumni have been callously removed as members after more than 50 years by the national organization after supporting a lawsuit to oust the first transgender member.
Kappa Kappa Gamma sisters at University of Wyoming alleged earlier this year that the 6ft2, 260lb trans member would ‘peep at (the other girls) while visibly aroused’.
Why they are expelled
Patsy Levang and Cheryl Tuck-Smith, who had been with Kappa Kappa Gamma for more than 50 years, were expelled after they allegedly fundraised for the lawsuit contesting the sorority’s admission of a transgender woman.
The national organizations alleged that Levang and Tuck-Smith used the sorority’s contact list for fundraising and violated the organization’s media policy by identifying themselves as Kappa members without permission.
The decision came three months after a judge dismissed the lawsuit filed by six sorority sisters challenging the admission of Artemis Langford and accusing Langford of being a sexual predator.
Both women strongly denied the allegations, stating that the decision to terminate their memberships is at odds with Kappa values.
‘My heart was saddened when the current six council members voted me out, however, I will not be quiet about the truth,’ Levang said in a press release issued by Independent Women’s Forum.
‘My dismissal simply spurs me on to educate others about the dangers of DEI which in reality does not support diversity, equity and inclusion,’ Tuck-Smith said.
Details of the alleged violations
The 53-year-long member said she was ‘disturbed that KKG has become a political tool rather than an organization that promotes women’.
In September, the national organization informed Levang and Tuck-Smith that their dismissals were under consideration.
‘A member may be dismissed for violating the purposes and standards of the Fraternity.’ the Kappa Kappa Gamma Standards Director wrote in a letter to Levang.
The alleged violations include the ‘Use of Membership Lists and Contact Information Policy, Local Regional or National Media Policy, Speaking for the Fraternity Policy, and the Human Dignity Policy’ among others.
