Flowers & Doves

Your local Masonic nerd. Virginia Based

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I’ve created this blog to help spread information about Freemasonry and its appendant bodies. It just happens to be something I’m a total nerd about and I am involved in multiple orders. Feel free to ask about them, and I do know a bit about other fraternal organizations but I am not personally involved with them.

As a side note, I am not involved in ALL of them, so I am more knowledgeable on some than others.

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Virginia Grand Session tooo??? July 12 - 2024

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And DeMolay Conlave… July 27, 2024

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I was at the MIJD pageant! July 24 - 2024

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At Virginia Grand Assembly this weekend

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Hey lol idk if you still check this blog anymore but I recently started learning about freemasonry n was curious about some things... I'm going to be attending a clowning program run by the Shriners n was curious about their beliefs and culture. I am a nonbinary woman and my ultimate goal of clowning is to do clown drag basically lol like I want to mix gender signifiers to create my own clown persona... I think that would be really fun but I don't want to scandalize a bunch of religious old guys or anything 😭 especially since I read the clowning competition rules they hold their members to and it said they weren't allowed to "impersonate women" (but it seemed to be because they didn't want to make fun of women rather than being opposed to drag, because the rule also forbade them from dressing up as other cultures)

I want to be respectful of their beliefs but I also want to be able to express myself artistically. But I don't really know what their beliefs are (except for charity, which is always a good thing lol)

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Sometimes..

From my personal experience with the Shriners, most do hold a generally conservative standpoint on things. Nothing too crazy, but what you would typically expect from older American men. While the Shriners, as with freemasonry, don’t require members to hold a certain religion, most are also Christian. A majority of Shriners are generally accepting as would be expected from an organization focused so heavily on charity. Sexuality doesn’t seem to be much of a problem, but as with many groups composed of this demographic the topic of gender identity and expression tends to get a little iffy.

In the end would personally recommend contacting them about doing drag since it really is up to the shrine or the unit hosting the event. I have noticed various groups and orders overall can have largely varying stances on topics like drag and the LGBT+ community, so I can’t speak for the order overall.

I hope this helps, and if you have any more questions feel free to ask :)