A new exhibition at the Science Museum in the UK has made the claim that Lego is anti-LGBT because it promotes the idea that there are only two genders. The self-guided tour, titled , at the London-based museum,

As the controversy snowballed, even Tesla boss Elon Musk chimed in by sharing the story with a clown face emoji.

Institution’s Seeing Things Queerly tour claims people think the toy bricks are ‘gendered’ and reinforces idea ‘heterosexuality is the norm’

Britain’s Science Museum has a “Seeing Things Queerly" tour that argued the way Legos are described as fitting together excludes the LGBTQIA+ community.

The Science Museum has sparked controversy by suggesting Lego can be anti-LGBT due to the way people describe the toy's connecting bricks. A self-guided museum tour claims the popular building blocks reinforce heterosexuality as "the norm" through gendered descriptions of how the pieces fit together.

The London Science Museum has received backlash for a recent development to an exhibit displayed that attempts to reinforce the idea that Lego bricks can be gendered, upholding heterosexuality as a societal norm.