Freemasonry is open to Women

Freemasonry is open to women.

Women Freemasons have two separate Grand Lodges.

For more information, please contact Freemasonry for Women and the Order of Women Freemasons [OWF].

In 2018, in line with the Gender Recognition Act of 2004 and the Equality Act of 2010, UGLE published its gender reassignment policy. The policy outlines that a candidate for admission to Freemasonry under UGLE must be a man. Should a person who has undergone gender reassignment and has become a man apply to become a Freemason then his application must be processed in the same way as for any other male candidate. A Freemason who after initiation ceases to be a man does not cease to be a Freemason.

Read UGLE’s gender reassignment policy.

Links

Freemasonry for Women

Freemasonry for Women have a University Lodge scheme see

FFW University Lodge Scheme (hfaf.org) but no Lodge in Cambridge.

An Interview with MW Bro Zuzanka Penn, Grand Master of the Order of Women Freemasons.

Order of Women Freemasons [OWF]

The OWF have a lodge in Cambridgeshire.