Lego My Gay-go | WIRED

Contents:

• RICK & STEVE: THE HAPPIT GAY COUPLE ALL THE WORLD
• LEGO MY GAY-GO
• LEGO’S MASSIVE FAIL AT CELEBRATG GAY PRI
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

RICK & STEVE: THE HAPPIT GAY COUPLE ALL THE WORLD

One of the biggt onle groups for LGBTQ+ LEGO fans and their alli is undoubtedly GayFOLs.

LEGO MY GAY-GO

A thrivg onle muny on Facebook, GayFOLs is currently home to over 850 members form all over the world.

LEGO’S MASSIVE FAIL AT CELEBRATG GAY PRI

I asked s founr, Bce H., to tell a b about his experience and how and why GayFOLs me to be. | 46 | Los Angel, CA, USA | Gay | He/Him. As a kid, I didn’t know I was gay, but om how people treated me, I knew I was different — and that different wasn’t okay.

I told them how exced I was to meet them, and how I didn’t know there were any other gay AFOLs like me around. I joked that there should be a way for to fd each other… and wouldn’t be cute if we lled each other “gayFOLs”?

It was that day, while standg le, that I got on my phone and created the “GayFOLs” Facebook page thkg would be a great way to meet others like me. It took a few years before GayFOLs found s purpose. In June 2018, some AFOLs shared Pri MOCs on a popular Facebook page, only to be met by hostily, dismissivens and homophobic vrl.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

That’s when I remembered my GayFOLs page. From then on, whenever homophobia raised s head on other pag, we’d wave our flag and say “We have a safe place where you n be who you are, and meet others like you! GayFOLs rhym wh AFOLs.