BRITAIN'S SCIENCE MUSEUM CLAIMS LEGO CAN BE ANTI-LGBT

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London's Science Museum claims Lego bricks can be anti-LGBT

by JACKSON WALKER | The National News Desk

Thu, February 6th 2025 at 10:36 AM

 

LONDON (TNND) — A self-guided tour at the U.K.'s Science Museum accuses popular building toy Lego of reinforcing “heteronormativity.”

 

The accusation is part of a self-guided tour titled Seeing Thing Queerly, which allows visitors to “discover some of the objects on display at the Science Museum that tell stories of queer communities, experiences, and identities.” Among items such as airplanes and replica chickens, the tour accuses Lego of taking an anti-LGBT stance.

 

“Like other connectors and fasteners, Lego bricks are often described in a gendered way,” a description on the museum’s website reads. “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.”

 

“This is an example of applying heteronormative language to topics unrelated to gender, sex and reproduction,” the description continues. “It illustrates how heteronormativity (the idea that heterosexuality and the male/female gender binary are the norm and everything that falls outside is unusual) shapes the way we speak about science, technology, and the world in general.”

 

Science Museum provides no citations for its claims about Lego. An entry on Lego’s website explaining how its bricks work also appears to use different language compared to Science Museum.

 

“The tubes on the bottom interlock with the studs on top of other bricks,” Lego writes of its bricks. “The studs get neatly wedged in between the tubes and the sides of every brick making them stick together firmly.”

 

Lego did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The National News Desk (TNND) seeking its response to the accusations.

 

A post about the claims earned widespread attention across social media. X owner and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk responded with a clown face emoji.

 

“Wait until the Science Museum finds out that human beings have male and female parts that are made to mate with each other,” political commentator Ben Shapiro jeered.

 

Attorney Jenin Younes added, “sometimes I need a laugh given everything that's happening in the world.”

 

“This did it for me today,” she said.