A part of my life, Now past.

[Elizabeth 66]

Today I gave up a large chunk of my life, to be honest it wasn’t too hard, but yet I still feel it was a big step for me. About 5 years ago I became a Free Mason, as part of me trying to fit in as a man, and to me it was actually an honour to be admitted, I have actually been involved for about 7 years, at one point I would be out on Masonic functions 3 or 4 nights a week and had moved up quite a few ranks.

The ironic thing is that in all this time I have not made not any real friends, to me they are really just acquaintances, I think I enjoyed the status rather than the company, I always felt awkward and uncomfortable in the social situations, which to me reinforces my decision to transition.

The reason I have resigned is because it is a male organisation and females are not allowed to join. So I thought it better to leave with my head held high rather than to be pushed as I moved through my transition. I know this is only a small sacrifice I will have to make along the road I have chosen to travel.

[Andy66]

Congratulations. The Masons remind me of a bunch of over-grown ten year old boys, in a fort with a sign on the door that says "No geRLs ALoUd." Good riddance, I say.

[Teri Jean]

Elizabeth, sound familier to me and the American Legion. You go girl and I wish you the best.

Teri

[Jorja]

Elizabeth,
Congratulations, you have taken one more step on your journey. I know it may feel like you have lost a part of yourself but when you get to where you are going there will be other organizations, friends and acquaintances to take the place of these. Ones that you will truely appreciate and fit into nicely because you won't be trying to just fit in.

Jorja

[beccy]

good for you i wish i could past my male life away

[Traci Elizabeth]

Elizabeth,

As hard as I try, I just can't get into men's organizations or groups. I never have fit into them. So I can relate to you not feeling close to any of them.

It is a good step forward you have taken and I congratulate you.

[CharleneT]

Tis hard to give up on some parts of our past. Think of it this way, now you can join some very cool all female groups :daydreaming:

[Andy66]

Think of it this way, now you can join some very cool all female groups :daydreaming:
Or you could join a group that doesn't discriminate against anyone. :straightface:

[NathalieX66]

My father joined the Freemasons. He hated it. It's so not him. But he has a fascination with things like Dame Edna, Monty Python, movies like Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire, etc,and I could see where this is leading to. He is still happily married, though.
Now, if I could only draw him out of his own closet where he could find his true identity. :thinking:

[EnglishRose]

My father joined the Freemasons. He hated it. It's so not him. But he has a fascination with things like Dame Edna, Monty Python, movies like Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire, etc,and I could see where this is leading to. He is still happily married, though.

Eh? I don't get the connection here... :)

[JoAnne Wheeler]

Good for you - I have stopped all of the male groups that I belonged to. I feel that I cannot go on perpetrating a lie. I am not a male.

JoAnne Wheeler

[Sheila]

Congratulations, and well done ........ I bet there are quite a few mason TG's but well closeted ones :straightface:

[Melissa A.]

Good for you, Elizabeth. Some steps are small, but none are unimportant.

Funny, out of all of my old friends that I've lost touch with over the years, and have re-connected with on Facebook, the only group of people that have not been virtually 100% friendly and supportive in return(although, in fairness, a good number of them have been) are my old fraternity brothers. Maybe it's a guy thing? A group thing? A misogyny thing?

Hugs,

Melissa:)

[Katari]

Elizabeth, sound familier to me and the American Legion. You go girl and I wish you the best.

Teri

Here in Victoria, BC my legion there is a male in the Ladies Auxilliary so they renamed it the Legions Auxilliary.

We also have a female as part of the executive

Go girls

Katari

[SusanLeigh3454]

congratulations - I left Masonry too for similar reasons

[sherri52]

feeling good about yourself is much more important than statis in any organization. good for you

[Myojine]

Today I gave up a large chunk of my life, to be honest it wasn’t too hard, but yet I still feel it was a big step for me. About 5 years ago I became a Free Mason, as part of me trying to fit in as a man, and to me it was actually an honour to be admitted, I have actually been involved for about 7 years, at one point I would be out on Masonic functions 3 or 4 nights a week and had moved up quite a few ranks.

The ironic thing is that in all this time I have not made not any real friends, to me they are really just acquaintances, I think I enjoyed the status rather than the company, I always felt awkward and uncomfortable in the social situations, which to me reinforces my decision to transition.

The reason I have resigned is because it is a male organisation and females are not allowed to join. So I thought it better to leave with my head held high rather than to be pushed as I moved through my transition. I know this is only a small sacrifice I will have to make along the road I have chosen to travel.sexism and discrimination. there are freemasons here where i live, im appaled by them, yet intriged by their strange place in history.
why one whould take such part in segragationalism, is beyond me.