On the promenade in R.A. Apffel Park/East Beach on Galveston Island, Texas stands the Pink Dolphin Monument—a statue dedicated to gender and sexual minorities in the southern United States. It’s the first monument of its kind, not only in Texas but also in the south. A poem quietly celebrates diversity along the base of the monument. It takes the form of an Amazon river dolphin, an animal that is not native to the area but can be seen in the logo of the local LGBTQ+ activist organization Pink Posse, as well…
