Gender, Sexual, and Racial Trouble: the Crossroads of North American Freemasonry in the Twenty-First Century

G. Heredia; P. Rich

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Gender, Sexual, and Racial Trouble: the Crossroads of North American Freemasonry in the Twenty-First Century

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  title={Gender, Sexual, and Racial Trouble: the Crossroads of North American Freemasonry in the Twenty-First Century},
  author={G. Heredia and P. Rich},
  year={2012}
}

G. Heredia, P. Rich
Published 2012
Sociology

This essay poses some questions on the current state of gender, race, and sexuality in American Freemasonry. The aim of this article is to shed light on this neglected topic and contribute to the growing and much needed discussion on gender, sexuality and Freemasonry. It is argued here that the discourses on tradition, masculinity, and antiquity have kept women, ethnic minorities, and openly homosexual men outside the lodge room. We will first discuss the racial aspect, focusing on Prince Hall… Expand