I concur that students should be shielded from damaging trans policies, as did John Murtari in a previous Finger Lakes Times column.
The federal college institution, its national committee president, and Artemis Langford, 21, a 6 feet, 2, 260 lb self-described trans student who joined their chapter in September 2022, were the targets of lawsuits filed by seven members of the University of Wyoming’s Kappa Kappa Gamma society last year.
According to the lawsuit, Langford, who went by the legal name Terry Smith, “had an arousal visible through his trousers while watching members enter the college home” and had been staring at the women for hours without saying anything. “One part of the sorority walked down the hallway to take a shower while only carrying his handkerchief. According to constitutional documents, she felt an unnerving presence, turned around, and saw Mr. Smith silently observing her.
One of the daughters complained in an article published in the May 16 New York Post titled “University of Wyoming Sorority Sisters State They Live In Fear Of Trans-member,” saying, “It’s a strange feeling just to know that I had run into him anywhere — He has complete access to the house.” However, this demonstrates that we require children’s areas for that reason. Our house is like our home. You go home at the end of the day to sense cozy and at ease in your body, just like somebody else’s house. And given that this person has full access to your home, you can’t do that.
Some of the other women, according to another college girl, needed to feel secure in their home because they had previously experienced sexual assault or harassment. Therefore, even though our house is
supposed to be a safe place, some women live there in constant fear.
Due to Langford’s occurrence, another nearly left the college. She made the decision to defend her right instead. “I reconnected with my sister sorority members and students, and I realized how crucial this organization is to me and to everyone else,” she said. “And I won’t permit my rights as a woman to be violated in order to serve the comfort of men. I won’t deny myself these opportunities.”
According to the lawsuit, Langford’s grade point average was significantly below the needs, which was one of the college rules that the local chapter was under pressure to break in order to admit students.
The plaintiffs claim that “Other than sometimes wearing women’s apparel, Langford makes little effort to match a woman,” despite the fact that he claims to be transgender and self-identifies as such. He hasn’t had procedures like female hormones, feminization surgery, or laser hair removal to make him look more feminine. Plaintiffs frequently see Langford with the facial hair one would anticipate from a man who either didn’t shave that morning or had it grow back by evening.
However, on August 25, a federal prosecutor dismissed the case, stating that Langford had received “a college of hundreds of thousands approved” and that “the University of Wyoming book voted to say.” The Court does not define “woman” today because its inquiry starts it and ends there. This Judge properly not invoke Kappa Kappa Gamma’s freedom of emotive association and insert the narrow definition that plaintiffs demand because the delegate of a private, nonprofit organization interpreted “woman,” which is usually unknown in the bylaws of the nonprofit, broadly.
Up until recently, neither the concept of a person nor, for that matter, of men, allowed for interpretation. I don’t think a man should have the right to be regarded as female just by claiming to identify as one. This means that he should be allowed to live in sorority housing, take part in women’s sports, and use female restrooms or locker rooms. (Similarly, I don’t think a woman should have the right to live in a fraternity house, participate in men’s sports, or use their locker rooms or restrooms just by claiming to be male.)
In a May 6, 2023, New York Post column, Phil Mushnick makes the claim that “transgender athletes’ false victories in women’s sports show lack of common sense.” A march to “advocate to keep women’s sports female” was held in Washington, D.C., last year by a number of sports-related organizations. They make valid points, just as Moms for Liberty’s worries about transgender experimentation in schools and the debate over allowing men to live in sorority houses do.
I think trans people also have rights. They ought to be protected from abuse, abuse, and bias. However, I also support laws that forbid doctors from operating on patients under the age of 18 and from providing additional transition-related healthcare. These precautions are intended to keep kids from making decisions they might afterward regret. Furthermore, these actions are not unfair in any way, just like those that forbid selling liquor or tobacco to adolescents or from allowing kids to vote or get driver’s licenses.
While it was acceptable for the Los Angeles Dodgers to recognize the LGBTQ community, I objected to their decision to award the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, trans men who dress in derogatory emulation of Roman Catholic monks, make fun of Jesus’ death, and otherwise denigrate Christianity, particularly the Catholic devotion, in a Times letter dated June 15, 2023.
On June 16, a sizable audience happily gathered in front of Dod
ger Stadium to object to the group’s choice. This occurred just before the San Francisco Giants’ match was scheduled to start. Although at least some Dodgers and other professional sports players publicly disagreed with honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, it’s possible that the result of that activity was a signal from above that management at the team erred in this topic.
The Giants shut out the Dodgers 15-0 that evening. It tied the show’s biggest-ever home shutout loss ever. The Pittsburgh Pirates had previously defeated the then-Brooklyn Dodgers 15–0 on September 20, 1898.
