A fraternity that has gone co-ed is now filing a lawsuit against the university.

Kathleen Megan from the Hartford Courant reports.

Fraternity Sues Wesleyan, Claiming Sex Discrimination

Members and alumni of Wesleyan University’s Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity have filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the university over its policy that forced them to go coed.

The lawsuit was prompted by the university’s recent decision to revoke the fraternity’s status as a housing program because, it contends, the fraternity has not taken “any meaningful steps” toward admitting women as residents.

The fraternity maintains that it was moving toward coeducation and has accused the university of discrimination, misrepresentation and deceptive practices.

“I think discrimination is wrong no matter what form it takes,” said Wesleyan junior and DKE chapter President Terence Durkin. “They are willing to allow other diverse groups to live with the same sex. They are singling us out as a fraternity on campus.”

The suit, filed Thursday at Superior Court in Middletown, comes after Wesleyan President Michael Roth announced in September that all residential fraternities would have to go coed within three years. That decision came after two high-profile lawsuits alleging rape in fraternity houses in recent years, although not at DKE.