The London Science Museum has claimed that LEGOs are homophobic because the blocks are seen as “male and female.”
The allegations are especially funny as LEGO is an ultra-woke company that has previously pushed “LGBTQ representation for children” with their toys.
A self-guided tour available at the museum, called “Stories of Queer Communities, Experiences, and Identities,” claims that the company is homophobic because the male and female bricks reinforce heterosexuality as being “the norm,” according to a report from The Times.
“The top of the brick with sticking out pins is male, the bottom of the brick with holes to receive the pins is female, and the process of the two sides being put together is called mating,” the tour says.
The Times reports:
This, the guide says, is heteronormative — a worldview that promotes attraction to the opposite sex above all others. It claims that because the public believe there are only male or female blocks coming together to form a union, genders such as non-binary or gender fluid are discounted. No source or evidence is cited to support these claims.
The museum, which has about three million visitors a year and in 2023-24 was visited by 1,174,000 children under 16, said there are only a “small number” of objects on display.
The tour was put together by the Gender and Sexuality Network, a group of staff and volunteers who say they are “committed to creating more visibility and inclusion for the LGBTQ+ community in the Science Museum.”
In 2021, Lego unveiled an LGBTQ play set to virtue signal ahead of Pride month.
The company announced the 346-piece “Everyone is Awesome!” set on Twitter.
We’re super excited to reveal our new set – LEGO Everyone is Awesome! Because we celebrate every LEGO builder
#LEGO #EveryoneIsAwesome pic.twitter.com/J7KSz3zWik
— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) May 20, 2021
“We’re super excited to reveal our new set – LEGO Everyone is Awesome! Because we celebrate every LEGO builder #LEGO #EveryoneIsAwesome,” Lego said in their post.
Vice President of Design at the LEGO Group Matthew Ashton wrote a lengthy statement about why he designed the play set, saying that there needs to be more LGBTQ representation for children.
“Being quite an effeminate kid, I was constantly told by different adults around me what I should and shouldn’t play with, that I needed to behave like a ‘real boy’ and to toughen up. I was dissuaded from doing the things that came most naturally to me. I think many of the adults around me were doing all of this to try to protect me from getting bullied, but I was actually fine with all the kids at school. All of that has had an impact on me in many ways; it was really exhausting and kicked my confidence,” he wrote.
“So, I think by taking small steps and having products like “Everyone is Awesome” out there and people representing the LGBTQIA+ community, it allows everybody to see that things do get better over time and there is a place for everybody. That’s what’s been so important to me in getting this set out with a message that we can be really proud of.”
Ashton explained that they added black and brown to represent those races, purple for drag queens, as well as the trans flag colors.
“We’ve made sure to include black and brown colors to represent the broad diversity of everyone within the LGBTQIA+ community. We’ve also added in the pale blue, white and pink to support and embrace the trans community as well. I purposely put the purple drag queen in as a clear nod to the fabulous side of the LGBTQIA+ community. I hope it’s a joy to build and a joy to look at, and hopefully it will bring a lot of joy to people’s lives,” Ashton wrote.
Last year, LEGO ordered the Murrieta Police Department in California to stop using images of the toys to mask suspects’ identities in social media posts.
Murrieta Police Department Lt. Jeremy Durrant confirmed Lego had contacted them.
“The Lego Group reached out to us and respectfully asked us to refrain from using their intellectual property in our social media content which of course we understand and will comply with,” Durrant told <a href=”https://www.foxnews.com/media/lego-instructs-california-police-department-stop-using-lego-heads-mask-identities-suspects”>Fox News</a>. “We are currently exploring other methods to continue publishing our content in a way that is engaging and interesting to our followers.”
“On January 1st, a new law went into effect that restricts the how and when law enforcement agencies in California share suspect photos & mugshots,” the post stated.
“The new law, Assembly Bill 994 & Penal Code 13665, now prohibits law enforcement from sharing suspect photos for nonviolent crimes, unless specified circumstances exist. Additionally, the new law requires agencies to remove suspect mugshots from social media after 14 days, unless special circumstances exist.”
The post continued, “The Murrieta Police Department prides itself in its transparency with the community, but also honors everyone’s rights & protections as afforded by law; even suspects. In order to share what is happening in Murrieta, we chose to cover the faces of suspects to protect their identity while still aligning with the new law.”
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