by Kappa Kappa Gamma sisters
We are members of Kappa Kappa Gamma, one of America’s largest and oldest college sororities. Sororities are sisterhoods that provide women a safe space to grow together and build genuine, long-lasting relationships with one another.
They are also a refuge for us – biological women – to relax and release from the pressure and stress that come with college and life.
Sorority members are diverse in many ways, including backgrounds, majors, religions and sexual preferences. Title IX explicitly protects the decision of fraternities and sororities to have these single-sex membership organizations.
Membership is a lifetime commitment and once you join a sorority, you cannot join another. During sorority recruitment, we were told about an amazing sisterhood of females who all support each other. Kappa itself is built on values such as truth, respect and connection. Despite our differences as women, what we share are our common values and the fact that we all are females.
To our surprise, however, our sisterhood no longer has this basic scientific fact in common. In the fall of 2022, Kappa Kappa Gamma allowed a biological male to go through recruitment and join our chapter.