They is a Freemason
Oh, really?
Edward Lord is non-binary, except on Freemason meeting days. https://t.co/oiMl5auhEH
— Kathleen Stock (@Docstockk) May 24, 2019
Edward Lord is the boss of the move to take women-only spaces away from women in London. Edward Lord has also blocked every single obstreperous woman on Twitter whether he’s ever interacted with them or not, in other words he uses a sweeping block list. Women who object to having women-only spaces taken away may not tell Edward Lord of their objections; he won’t allow it. Lord indeed.
— Kathleen Stock (@Docstockk) May 24, 2019
So I’m reading the Telegraph article.
The architect of a gender identity drive who campaigns for transgender rights has been forced to defend their membership of the Freemasons amid accusations of hypocrisy.
Edward Lord chairs the City of London’s establishment committee, which has launched a consultation on ending sex segregation in its women-only spaces such as public lavatories and changing facilities at well-known landmarks including Hampstead Heath ponds, the Barbican arts centre, Tower Bridge and the Museum of London.
Man who claims to be “non-binary” takes right to privacy from pervy men away from women.
A Twitter row erupted yesterday as it emerged that Lord, who identifies as non-binary and asks to be described by the pronoun “they,” is a Freemason, an institution that has famously refuses to allow women to join its men-only lodges.
Oh well that’s easy to explain. Men have a right to privacy, including men who call themselves “non-binary.” Women have no such right. Clear?
Good job that Freemasonary isn’t top-heavy with men in positions of power, men who might just be prepared to slip stuff under the red tape on behalf of a brother-Mason.
Oh….
It seems he blocks some obstreperous men, too. It feels like the olden days, being on these blocklists again.
Interesting that trans men can join and that trans women can remain as members. So everyone who matters can become a Freemason! A trans woman can’t join, but (presumably) could temporarily identify as a man, join, and then re-identify as a woman. Easy peasy. Also presumably, a trans man who re-identifies as a woman would be booted. Sounds rational enough.
So much for having “always been a woman,” and “trapped in the wrong body.” Not always a woman, and not always in the wrong body. Reminds me of that UK police officer who is a woman some days and a man on others, depending on his mood. He even has 2 names for himself, his male name and his female name. And everyone else has to remember who he is *today.*
I can tell all the gender stuff is going to do no good for the pain I feel when I read sentences like “they is a freemason”.
Not to mention titles like that.
This was a deliberately sadistic title.
Pain duly noted.
Well, it’s good to know that the City of London already uses gender neutral terms for members of their honorary ‘livery companies’:
“The terms Liveryman and Freeman are used to describe both sexes”
See, simple!