IN SOME OF THOSE USUAL AREAS.
BUT I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING OTHERWISE SIGNIFICANT HIGHWAYS RIGHT NOW.
>> BRIAN SANDERS: WELL, THIS MORNING, A LAWSUIT OVER WHO'S ALLOWED TO JOIN A SORORITY WILL BE HEARD AT THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN DENVER. A TRANSGENDER WOMAN WAS
INITIATED INTO THE KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA CHAPTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING BACK IN 2022. BUT SHORTLY AFTER THAT, 7 SORORITY MEMBERS SUED THE SORORITY'S SAYING A
TRANSGENDER WOMAN IS NOT A WOMAN AND SHOULD NOT BE ADMITTED. DENVER SEVEN'S ALI JENNER JOHN IS OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE WHERE LAWSUIT AGAIN WILL BE HEARD BY THE APPEALS
COURT. WHERE THINGS STAND NOW?
>> KRISTIAN LOPEZ: YES, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL HEAR THAT APPEAL HERE TODAY AROUND 09:00AM THERE WILL BE A PROTEST BEFORE THAT AROUND 7.30, INCLUDING THOSE 7 WOMEN
WILL BE THERE AS WELL. BUT THIS IS A CASE THAT WAS DISMISSED LAST YEAR. NOW THEY'RE LOOKING TO APPEAL IT.
WE DID REACH OUT TO KAPPA KAPPA, GAMMA. THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR AN INTERVIEW OR STATEMENT. BUT IN COURT FILINGS, THIS ALREADY HAS SAID SINCE 2015, THE
FRATERNITY COUNCIL HAS INTERPRETED THE TERM WOMAN TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY AS WOMEN AND THAT THE WOMAN IN THIS CASE WAS SELECTED FOR MEMBERSHIP BY THE
MEMBERS OF THAT CHAPTER.
>> THIS LAWSUIT IS ABOUT IT.
BASIC CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS AND AND KNOWLEDGE FOR WOMEN. I HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO I KNOW IF I'M SENDING MY GIRL TO SUMMER CAMP, WHETHER IT'S ACTUALLY
GIRLS CAMP OR WHETHER SHE'S GOING TO BE FORCED TO ROOM WITH THE BOY. AND I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> KRISTIAN LOPEZ: NOW IN A MOTION TO IN 2023. THE SORORITY SAYS IF THE 7 WOMEN DON'T AGREE WITH THEIR BYLAWS, THEN THEY CAN SIMPLY RESIGNED THEIR MEMBERSHIP TO THE
SORORITY. AND QUOTE, THEY CANNOT HAVE A COURT TO FIND THE SORORITY'S MEMBERSHIP FOR THEM. AGAIN, THAT APPEALS HEARING STARTS AT 09:00AM THIS MORNING AND BRIGHTEN T