University of Wyoming sorority sisters say they ‘live in fear’ of trans member

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[–]noshore4me 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Why did they admit him in the first place? A simple "sorry, we don't think you're a good fit with this particular sisterhood" could've prevented this whole thing.

[–]Wanderingthehalls 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

An older article, from when they decided to take legal action, states they were forced to admit him. They were told that anyone who voted against his admission would be kicked out. Since then the girls have tried to oust him by means that anyone else would be ousted through, like his grades not being good enough for membership. But they are told they'll be kicked out if they pursue it.

So they lawyered up. Which is definitely the best action in this scenario.

[–]AriShekelsteinDDS 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wokies and their predecessors always seek to limit freedom of association.

[–]ClassroomPast6178 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

This is my question. Aren’t sororities in charge of their own admissions and able to refuse anyone for any reason? Or is that just TV/movies?

[–]LordoftheFliesAmeri-kin 2.0. Pronouns: MegaWhite/SuperStraight/UltraPatriarchy 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Maybe they thought that they'd end up with one of those really femme tboys, the kind that look like fetish fuel? And then that hulking LARPer shows up instead and they realize at that moment just how they fucked up?

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I do think that universities cracked down on the whole frat / sorority stuff because of hazing so they have less autonomy.

[–]LyingSpirit472 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sororities are allowed to refuse people for almost any other reason, but like any other group in the US, there's another clause of "if there's even a hint that the reason you rejected this person is due to them being in a protected group, then we can drop the hammer on you." So, you run a sorority and you reject a person for their grades, their drinking too much for you, them not being a good fit, even "they aren't pretty enough to hang out with you", it's fine- but if there's even a whisper that it was "you rejected her because she's black", you're fucked.

The "the girls tried to oust this person by means anyone else would be ousted through like grades, and it's not good enough" means that this person is obviously weaponizing this and using "any reason they try to oust me, I'll claim it's because trans"...and as such, it's a catch-22.

The only way that the sorority can legally yeet this troon from the sorority without risking being kicked out is to allow a DIFFERENT trans woman (who will presumably do the same shit) to join the sorority so they can say "no, it's not because you're trans, we allowed this other trans woman in"- and even THAT'S a forlorn hope.