It comes after Freemasons of both sexes rejected suggestions they follow the recent moves by London’s Garrick Club by forcing the men’s masonic lodges to accept women members and vice versa.

Freemasonry is one of the oldest, secular, that is, non-ecclesiastical fraternities in the world. It is a secret society of men (and some women) who deal with the spiritual values of existence ...

Joan Baez, surrounded by friends, on stage at the Masonic in San Francisco on Feb. 9, 2025. (Jay Blakesberg) It’s Baez’s perceived victimhood, at her caliber, that seems to endear her to the women ...