Kappa Kappa Gamma member says transgender membership policy undermines sorority sisterhood

A Kappa Kappa Gamma member at Florida State University says the sorority's transgender membership policy has left her questioning her decision to join the organization, arguing that it undermines the sense of sisterhood she expected to find.

"As soon as I heard about it, I was honestly ... disappointed," FSU student Alexis Richards told " The Riley Gaines Show ." "This is like the one thing where I feel this shouldn't be happening," she continued.

"It's like the protected sisterhood, and I never would have expected it to be infiltrated by biological men." PARENTS DROP EYE-POPPING FEES ON SORORITY RUSH COACHES TO GET KIDS INTO ELITE COLLEGE GREEK LIFE Richards said learning about the controversy surrounding the sorority's membership policy made her consider what she would do if a similar situation unfolded at her own chapter.

"What if this happened to FSU? I don't want to be a part of that.

I would be so uncomfortable, and I cannot imagine what those girls went through," she said.

Sorority alumnae returned to federal court last week, asking judges to revive their lawsuit against the organization after they alleged its national leadership improperly allowed a chapter to admit a biological male.

The legal fight stems from 2022, when transgender student Artemis Langford joined the University of Wyoming chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Plaintiff Allie Coghan told Fox News Digital that she hopes the appeal will establish a clear legal precedent that protects single-sex private spaces and keeps national organizations from overriding local member consent.

Richards said the issue has forced her to reconsider assumptions she had when she first joined.

"It definitely makes you rethink some of the joining a sorority," she said.

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"I was very involved with like Charlie Kirk and Turning Point , and I think after his assassination, that like woke up something inside of me where I'm like, 'I'm not going to sit back and hope someone else does it for me.