US EditionTrump administration investigates University of Wyoming over transgender sorority sister
- In 2025, the U.S. Department of Education began investigating the University of Wyoming for admitting a transgender male as a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
- This inquiry follows a 2023 lawsuit by several sorority sisters challenging the sorority's decision to admit Artemis Langford, a transgender man who had not undergone medical transition, into the chapter.
- University officials stated they do not control sorority membership decisions, affirmed their commitment to free speech and diversity, and pledged full cooperation with the federal investigation.
- Secretary of Education Linda McMahon emphasized the administration will defend women’s sports, intimate spaces, dormitories, and fraternal organizations, declaring June as Title IX Month to honor women's civil rights.
- This investigation aims to ensure Title IX protections for women are properly enforced and that federal policies are not undermined for political reasons, signifying potential regulatory consequences for the university.
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Trump admin targets University of Wyoming for allowing 6’2”, 260lb Artemis Langford to join women’s sorority
"This Administration will fight on every front to protect women’s and girls’ sports, intimate spaces, dormitories and living quarters, and fraternal and panhellenic organizations."
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Department Of Education Investigates UW For Trans Sorority Induction
The U.S. Department of Education on Monday announced it’s investigating the University of Wyoming because it “allowed a man to join a campus sorority." But UW was not the entity that inducted a transgender member into the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
U.S. Department of Education investigates UW over admittance of KKG transgender member
CHEYENNE – The University of Wyoming is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights over the admittance of a transgender sorority sister at Kappa Kappa Gamma in 2022, according to a Monday news release.
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