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Originally Posted by anna7363
So I'm going to preface this by saying I'm not going not say what the chapter, sorority, or college this happened at for the privacy of all involved. Essentially what happen is we had this transgender girl rush for our sorority through informal recruitment. She looks great, is very sociable, and seemed to fit in with the girls great. Honestly I would have said if we didn't know she was trans I would have considered her a steal. Like I don't think it is a stretch to say she would have easily been a "top tier" girl if no one knew she was trans.
However, despite the fact she looked so good we knew she was trans when she started rushing for us through guys in our partner frat who had known her when she was a guy. So long story short about 90% of the sorority wanted to let her in because she was such an amazing steal by getting her during informal recruitment. But 10% of the girls however were really against it, they were viciously prejudice against her. I frankly felt the way the acted was unwarranted but maybe thats just me.
So basically what then happen was that they decided they were going to break the rules and not have a vote on this girl because they knew she'd get in if they let a vote go through. They did this and the girl never got in. Honestly I think its kind of BS because she was such a great fit and would have really helped out house in recruitment next year but yeah. So I'm on here to ask what you all think and what you would have done?
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This is going to turn into an interesting discussion of the legal implications of social Greek organizations being single-gender groups under Title IX, I'm sure. I have no personal experience in this area but I think I can point out some of the facets of this issue. Whether your group, which presumably has protected single-gender status under Title IX, was actually able to take a person who might be biologically male but identify outwardly as female is one. Whether having a biologically male person join that group would endanger their single-gender status is another. What the transgender person's legal gender designation was and whether your sisters felt comfortable potentially having a person in their house (if there is one) who is still biologically male can also come into play.
It does sound like the 10% of girls you describe as being prejudiced against her at the very least bent your sorority's procedures regarding voting by not holding a vote when one should have been held. I feel like your advisors, if they were not already involved in this process, should be told what happened so they can investigate whether this girl can join your sorority.
What I would have done? If this PNM would be able to join our sorority without endangering us under Title IX, and I truly believed that she would be a good sister and fit in with my chapter, I would have wanted her to join us. I'm just not sure if she would be able to, and someone with more legal experience will be able to comment on that.