Now it's Lego that's the problem

Here’s why people are getting sick and tired of the entire LGBTQ+ debate

Thought we were done with ridiculous controversies and that everything would just revolve around Trump? Think again. Now, the Science Museum in London has decided that Lego bricks are an example of “heteronormative language” – and therefore a potential problem for LGBTQ+ inclusion. Yes, you read that right.

When even Pride-themed Lego is offensive, what’s next? © rosinka79 – stock.adobe.com

While the world faces real problems – economic crises, wars, and energy shortages – there are people in a museum analyzing plastic bricks for signs of systemic oppression. The Science Museum has even created a guided tour called Seeing Things Queerly, where they interpret everything from Lego to chicken feathers through an LGBTQ+ lens.

This is part of the museum’s effort to promote diversity and inclusion through their Gender and Sexuality Network, an internal group of staff and volunteers working to highlight LGBTQ+ stories in science and technology. They also offer the LGBTQ+ Highlights Tour, a guided walk where volunteers take visitors through the museum’s collections with a focus on gender and sexuality.

The result? People don’t become more inclusive. They get pissed off, fed up, and more negative towards the LGBTQ+ cause than they were before.

This isn’t a win for diversity and acceptance. It’s a disaster for ordinary queer people who just want to live their lives without being dragged into a culture war they never signed up for.

Most people aren’t against LGBTQ+

The majority of people in the West already support basic rights for LGBTQ+ individuals. Gay marriage is legal, discrimination is outlawed, and society is more open than ever before.

But when activists and institutions start making absurd claims like “Lego is problematic” because the bricks have “male” and “female” connectors, people feel like this is being shoved down their throats. If the bricks were lesbian, they wouldn’t even connect – but maybe that’s what the Science Museum wants? To most people, this doesn’t look like a fight for equal rights – it looks like an imposed ideology completely detached from reality.

The result? Regular people who didn’t have strong opinions about LGBTQ+ before start having a negative reaction. They don’t become more inclusive – they get annoyed. And when people get annoyed, they begin to dismiss the entire discussion, including the real issues that actually matter.

This hurts queer people who just want to live normal lives

Many gay, lesbian, and trans people simply want to live ordinary lives without being dragged into political battles they never asked for. They don’t want to be part of a war between culture warriors – they just want the same opportunities as everyone else.

But when LGBTQ+ becomes associated with ridiculous debates about plastic bricks, they’re the ones left to deal with the fallout. Respect for real challenges, like hate crimes and discrimination, diminishes. People no longer bother to separate the important from the irrelevant – they just see a constant stream of absurd statements and respond with irritation.

And let’s be honest: no ordinary queer person goes around worrying about Lego bricks. They’re concerned with jobs, health, family, and love – just like everyone else. But now they’re being dragged into a storm of negative attention they never asked for, and it’s they who have to bear the brunt of idiotic stunts from overzealous activists.

From science to virtue signaling

Science museums should be about one thing: science. They should inspire and educate about technological breakthroughs, historical discoveries, and the role of science in society. They shouldn’t be arenas for political signaling disguised as enlightenment.

If the Science Museum wants to showcase LGBTQ+ stories in science, there are plenty of good examples. Alan Turing, one of the greatest mathematical minds of modern times, was persecuted because of his sexuality. Stories like his deserve a place because they genuinely show how society’s views on gender and sexuality have impacted science.

If you want to learn more about Turing, I recommend watching The Imitation Game (2014), where Benedict Cumberbatch plays the role of Turing, or Codebreaker (2011), a British TV film that blends drama and documentary to tell his story. Both provide deep insight into his brilliant mind and the unjust treatment he endured.

But this? This is just desperate posturing to appear “woke” – a pointless chase for symbolic battles that benefit no one. Nobody learns anything meaningful from the museum “revealing” that Lego bricks can be problematic. It doesn’t make LGBTQ+ people’s lives better. It doesn’t make science more accessible. It’s just nonsense.

Lego celebrates diversity, but the Science Museum thinks it’s not enough. © rosinka79 – stock.adobe.com

Inclusion is about respect

The Science Museum is trying to be “progressive,” but they’re only succeeding in making people more negative towards the LGBTQ+ cause. What they hoped would be a celebration of diversity is instead becoming a joke people laugh at – or get annoyed by.

This isn’t inclusion – it’s unnecessary provocation that drives people apart. And the most absurd part? Lego has already created a rainbow-themed set called Everyone Is Awesome, specifically designed to celebrate diversity and inclusion. So who exactly is the Science Museum fighting against?

Do you want a truly inclusive society? Then we need to stop this nonsense and let people live their lives without everything being politicized.