Lego gay couple

Paul and Trent

Paul, 50 and Trent, 45
From: NSW

Paul and Trent are a fun-loving, lively couple from Newcastle who became the first Australian gay men to be wed, in New Zealand in , years before marriage equality laws were passed in Australia. Paul describes himself as adj and extroverted, while Trent is more reserved. Trent still acts the clown though, and they always find a way to howl and support each other when they are going through tough times.

Trent is artistic, with a gift and cherish for sculpture, and laughs easily, usually at Paul's expense. He is in touch with the natural world and loves building LEGO® botanical sets. Trent likes his builds to look aesthetically pleasing, and as a primary university teacher he incorporates LEGO into his classes.

Paul has a passion for art and wants to use his favourite artworks as inspiration for his builds. His first LEGO set was an auto service tow truck he built in , and he has been hooked ever since. He uses LEGO building as his mindfulness activity after a stressful noun at work as a veterinary surgeon, and he always gets exc

The fourth season of the reality competition series Lego Masters is in full swing and although married couple Brad Bergman and Mike Tarrant had the opportunity to show off their building block talent.

Married for five years now, Bergman has been a lifelong LEGO builder and once began dating, the LEGO bug bit Tarrant and he got into it. The first challenge, they had to build a party boat. Although they built their best boat, it wasn&#;t enough to stay in the competition and they were eliminated. Even so, they left with a grin and succeeded in representing a joyful, married gay couple, which is always an inspiration for young queer people to see on TV.

GLAAD had the chance to chat with Bergman and Tarrant about being on the demonstrate and how the iconic toy brought them together.

For each of you, what was your first memory of LEGO?

BERGMAN: I distinctly retain having LEGO as a child and sitting on the living room floor with “tons” of LEGO spread around to build with. I received my first actual set  &#; versus just building blocks &#;  which was position # Fire Station, and later wh

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Sure, we know everybody’s talking about the Emmy nominations right now, but they aren’t the only TV awards in town.

On July 8, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced the winners of its 17th Dorian TV Awards.

With more than critics, journalists, and media icons making up its membership, GALECA is the second largest entertainment journalists&#; group in the world, and they present their Dorian Awards – named in honor of Oscar Wilde, the celebrated queer writer who penned “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and who serves as something like the group’s patron saint – to honor the best in film, television, and theater at separate times during each year. Frequently, many Dorian nominees and winners presage similar honors from the more mainstream awards bodies, reminding the world that the informed LGBTQ perspective on all things entertainment definitely matters; at the identical time, however, the Dorians also incorporate several queer-centric categories that are unique to them, providing an opportunity to amplify the arrive of

Simon and Dan, superior known as  Two Gay AFOLs, are vibrant voices in LEGO fan media, sharing their like for the hobby on social media and at fan events. The pair are also pillars of the Minifig Habitat community and sigfig scenes, helping build community and ensuring that everyone feels welcome. We sat down with Dan (the talkative one!) about the pair&#;s rise and the importance of GayFOL visibility (Gay fan of LEGO) in the hobby.


TBB: Let’s start with the beginning of your LEGO journey. When did you first play with LEGO? Do you remember your first set? If it was as a child, did LEGO stay a part of your life ever since or did you depart through a “dark age”? What brought you back to LEGO as an adult?

Dan (Two Gay AFOLs): Growing up LEGO was very expensive. Playmobil was more popular in Spain so I had more of that. The only LEGO I had was a bag of used LEGO given to me by a family friend. There was a lot of classic space and pirates sets mixed in. Two of my favourite sets that were in the bag were the MTron Ionizer and the Forbidden Island set! I kept rebuilding the sets ti