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The plaintiff, a transgender University of Wyoming grad, alleged two lawyers engaged in a national bullying campaign against her. She and one of those lawyers could be headed to trial.

A federal court dismissed the 2023 case for a second time last month. The case has propelled its participants into the national spotlight.

Judge Alan Johnson writes the court cannot force the sorority to adopt a "narrow" definition of woman. Dismissed with prejudice, the suit cannot be tried again.

Artemis Langford, whose induction into a University of Wyoming sorority chapter thrust her into the national spotlight, is “a daughter of Wyoming” who no longer feels safe in the Equality State.

She alerted Gov. Mark Gordon’s office and the Highway Patrol about her plans shortly before the demonstration. But when the time came to open the bathroom doors down the hall from the governor’s office, she encountered no resistance from troopers or security.

The refiled federal suit drops the trans student at its heart as a defendant. It also drops several of its plaintiffs.

UW's Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter admitted a transgender student in 2022, prompting a federal lawsuit, national attention and now a U.S. Department of Education investigation.

Both the U.S. District Court of Wyoming and a federal appeals court have dismissed the 2023 suit. The plaintiffs have 30 days to refile as of May 9.

The bill’s sponsors referenced an ongoing case in Wyoming, where members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority are suing over a transgender student’s inclusion.

Three Wyomingites say the laws portend psychological and potential physical harm.