WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Allie Coghan, Independent Women ambassador and plaintiff in the Kappa Kappa Gamma lawsuit Westenbroek v. Kappa Kappa Gamma, participated in a White House roundtable hosted by the U.S. Department of Education. The discussion focused on restoring free dissent and exposing the radical agendas on U.S. college campuses.
The roundtable was convened to address biased professors, woke administrators, the collapse of free academic inquiry, and the spread of DEI-driven policies. This comes at a critical moment for students across the country who have watched universities erode free debate, punish dissent, and abandon long-standing protections for women.
Allie Coghan with Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the White House Roundtable, December 3rd, 2025.
Allie Coghan, Independent Women ambassador, said:
“I am truly appreciative of the Trump administration for highlighting what is happening on college campuses right now. I am honored to share my experiences and hope to help make some changes. What happened to my Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority sisters and me on our college campus should have never happened. It is so important to stop the DEI narrative that has taken over colleges. Colleges are supposed to prepare us for the real world, so why are we letting it fail us? I am thankful to those in the administration working hard to get our country’s higher education back on track.”
Coghan, a former University of Wyoming student and member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, became a central figure in the fight to protect women’s spaces after her sorority admitted a male member to join her chapter, despite widespread concerns from sorority sisters.
Background on Westenbroek v. Kappa Kappa Gamma:
In clear violation of Kappa’s bylaws and the promise it has made to generations of female members since its founding in 1870, in fall 2022, the University of Wyoming chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma was forced to admit (through a pressure campaign orchestrated by Kappa headquarters) a male member. After months of being threatened with discipline for voicing their concerns, Allie Coghan and several of her brave Kappa sisters sought to preserve the experience of sisterhood by filing suit.
Westenbroek v. Kappa Kappa Gamma, later appealed by Independent Women’s Law Center in the Tenth Circuit, alleges that Kappa Kappa Gamma violated their own definition of “woman,” undermined the objections of fellow sorority sisters, and retaliated against women who objected to allowing the individual to join.
After being dismissed by a Wyoming District judge in August of 2023, the case was argued on appeal in Denver, Colorado, on May 14th, 2024. Even after Kappa’s counsel’s own admission, “The term ‘women’ is undefined in Kappa’s bylaws and that term ‘women’ is not a term that has a singular definition,” the Tenth Circuit dodged ruling in the case. The panel ruled it lacked appellate jurisdiction to hear the case, thus avoiding the obvious — that Kappa Kappa Gamma’s directors in bad faith breached their fiduciary duties in forcing the Wyoming chapter to initiate a male.
The case has garnered widespread support from feminist organizations and hundreds of sorority women spanning all 26 sororities that make up the National Panhellenic Council (NPC).
The lawsuit marked a pivotal moment in the fight to defend women-only spaces against the ongoing discrimination and threat that gender ideology poses to women.
Allie recently authored a piece in Evie Magazine detailing her experience in her sorority when the man was admitted to live in their house. In her op-ed, she details how uncomfortable it was to live with a male in an all- female home, and that he would ask invasive sexual questions and take unwanted photos in the house.
See more of Independent Women’s work to protect sisterhood below:
- Department of Education Launches Investigation into University of Wyoming After Male Student Joined Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority and Violated Female Sisters’ Privacy and Dignity
- Growing Movement of Sorority Women Urges National Panhellenic Conference & Sororities to Keep Sororities Female
- Tenth Circuit Dodges Ruling in Sorority Case Argued by Independent Women’s Law Center
- Landmark Sorority Lawsuit: Women Pack Tenth Circuit Courtroom and Rally to “Save Sisterhood”
Allie Coghan’s bravery has helped expose what is truly happening on campuses across the country: erasing women’s spaces. Independent Women has been actively involved in the preservation of single-sex spaces for women, through its Stand With Women model legislation, now law in 18 states, and its efforts to preserve women-only spaces for women—including sports, prisons, and sororities.
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