Former Kappa Kappa Gamma members seek to revive lawsuit over transgender admission Former sorority members ask a federal appeals court to revive their challenge to Kappa Kappa Gamma after the organization admitted a transgender woman to its University of Wyoming chapter, arguing that local members were not properly consulted or allowed to vote. Former sorority members are asking a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against Kappa Kappa Gamma after the national organization admitted a transgender woman to its University of Wyoming chapter. The alumnae argue that the chapter did not follow its established membership procedures and that local members were not given a fair opportunity to vote on the decision. Allie Coghan, a former University of Wyoming member, said the chapter became a political battleground after transgender students began joining. She and other alumnae contend that the organization's national leadership allowed the chapter to admit a transgender woman despite objections from members who expected the sorority to preserve its traditional all-women membership.Coghan said the process differed from the chapter's usual recruitment system and that members were asked to complete non-anonymous Google Forms connected to their email addresses. According to Coghan, some officers pressured members to support the admission and warned that anyone who voted against it could be labeled transphobic. She said members were reportedly asked to provide proof that they had participated in the vote.The former members also said they tried to contact national officials about their concerns, but that executives initially failed to respond and later stopped answering emails. Coghan said she and several sorority sisters ultimately decided to challenge the decision in court. A federal district judge in Colorado previously dismissed the case, ruling that Kappa Kappa Gamma, as a private organization, had the authority to interpret its own membership requirements.The alumnae, supported by the Independent Women's Law Center, appealed the decision to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court heard oral arguments in Denver on Monday, giving the former members another chance to argue that the national organization should not be able to override the consent of local members.Coghan said she has since graduated from the University of Wyoming, but she hopes the appeal will establish a clear legal precedent protecting single-sex private spaces and preserving the ability of members to make decisions about who may join their organization. She said the dispute was not simply about one admission decision, but about whether a national sorority can change the meaning of membership without following proper procedures and allowing members to vote.Coghan described the experience as surreal, noting that many of the women had expected to complete their degrees, graduate, and move on with their lives rather than become involved in a national legal fight