LEGO Faces Boycott Calls Over 'Transgender Building Sets'
previously identified as transracial, gender neutral and transgender—shared one of LEGO's videos on Twitter over the weekend.
The clip gave further insight into the A to Z of Awesome campaign.The video was introduced as "the A to Z of awesome—a LEGO celebration of the beautiful, powerful language of the LGBTQIA+ community."A voiceover in the clip said: "We invited members of the community to build LEGO creations to represent their true stories."The line of LEGO "offers a universal, but most importantly a safe space to express yourself and be who you are," said one participant, while another commented that the concept behind their build was "you see this colorful unique LEGO brick to represent a happy, healthy intersex person."A participant called Jeannie explained: "What I built here was a transgender garden, so all these different aspects of gender have their place in that garden."Captioning the clip, London, who serves as a spokesperson for Caitlyn Jenner's political action committee Fairness First, wrote: "LEGO turns TRANS!""Children's toy maker LEGO has released an LGBTQI+ range featuring transgender building sets for kids age 5+," London continued. "Lego described the new range as 'a colourful alphabet of identities and definitions made from LEGO bricks.'"LEGO turns TRANS!
Children’s toy maker LEGO has released an LGBTQI+ range featuring transgender building sets for kids age 5+. Lego described the new range as “a colourful alphabet of identities and definitions made from LEGO bricks..
