We here at Wired have done nearly everythg wh Legos. But one thg we’ve never done is build the perfect gay uple and their utopia. Luckily, wrer/director/childhood Lego-lover Q. Allan Brocka did. In his new TV show Rick & Steve the Happit Gay Couple All the World, the plastic players are hilar, un-PC […]
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
The promise and perils of marketg to the gay muny | Bs * gay lego couple *
One of the biggt onle groups for LGBTQ+ LEGO fans and their alli is undoubtedly GayFOLs. A thrivg onle muny on Facebook, GayFOLs is currently home to over 850 members form all over the world.
LEGO MY GAY-GO
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.
LEGO’S MASSIVE FAIL AT CELEBRATG GAY PRI
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.
Even though GayFOLs has the word “gay” , our membership spans the extend LGBTQ+ acronym, and our learship reflects that same diversy. GayFOLs pretty much ns self.