US EditionWoman who tricked her way into men-only Magic Circle finally allowed in
- Sophie Lloyd, who disguised herself as a man to join the Magic Circle over 30 years ago, was expelled on the same day the Magic Circle voted to admit women in October 1991.
- The Magic Circle, including its chairwoman Laura London, reinstated Lloyd's membership after a search and recognized her as a role model for women magicians.
- Lloyd shared her journey on BBC Radio 4, explaining the elaborate disguise and the emotional significance of her readmission after 34 years.
- Sophie Lloyd expressed her happiness about the readmission, stating she is 'beyond thrilled' to be welcomed back to the society.
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A magician returns to a magic society 30 years after she pretends to be a man in order to integrate him
A British woman, Sophie Lloyd, had been excluded from the club in 1991 and had set up this lie with the complicity of another magician to prove that women were as gifted for magic as men.
Woman who tricked her way into mens-only Magic Circle to rejoin it
In 1991, Sophie Lloyd disguised herself as a man to trick her way into Britain's Magic Circle, then a men-only organization. When it finally began admitting women, she admitted her ruse and was expelled at the same meeting in which other female magicians were first admitted. — Read the rest The post Woman who tricked her way into mens-only Magic Circle to rejoin it appeared first on Boing Boing.
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The Independent (US)Magician who tricked her way into men-only Magic Circle allowed in 34 years later
Sophie Lloyd, pretending to be ‘Raymond Lloyd’, allowed to join elite society in 1991 – but later that year she revealed disguise when women started to be granted membership, only to then be expelled
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