The Science Museum, a publicly funded museum in Britain, describes the fastening mechanism in Lego bricks as “gendered” and “heteronormative” in one of its self-guided tours.
“Seeing Things Queerly,” a guide created by the museum’s Gender and Sexuality Network, suggests that connecting the bricks evokes notions of “mating” because “male” blocks with protruding pins connect with “female” spaces in other blocks. The network aims to “create more visibility and inclusion for the LGBTQ+ community.”
“Lego bricks are often described in a gendered way,” the guide 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.”
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