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Palm Springs proposes AIDS memorial that looks like a butthole

Goatse, anyone?

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by Anonymousreply 51September 18, 2023 5:10 AM

Who was the model?

by Anonymousreply 1September 16, 2023 1:26 AM

[quote] "The backside of the proposed memorial looks like a graphic depiction of the backside of a human being," Gene Brake said.

Lord what I wouldn't give to have been in that town hall meeting when the design was presented

by Anonymousreply 2September 16, 2023 1:30 AM

In other news, Palm Springs is also planning a slavery memorial in the shape of a giant pair of lips and a watermelon.

by Anonymousreply 3September 16, 2023 1:32 AM

Who created this, Marie Barone?

by Anonymousreply 4September 16, 2023 1:34 AM

The sculpture on the right in OP's link is definitely a butthole. WTF?

by Anonymousreply 5September 16, 2023 1:34 AM

Helen Keller R4.

by Anonymousreply 6September 16, 2023 1:35 AM

Yeah, I think they can do better.

by Anonymousreply 7September 16, 2023 1:38 AM

OMG R3....Too damn funny. Thanks for a much-needed burst of laughter!

by Anonymousreply 8September 16, 2023 1:38 AM

Paint it pink. Then it'll look like a pussy.

by Anonymousreply 9September 16, 2023 1:44 AM

[quote]Palm Springs proposes AIDS memorial that looks like a butthole

For the people complaining, the irony seems lost on them.

by Anonymousreply 10September 16, 2023 1:56 AM

[quote]Who was the model?

I've been dabbling in figure modeling in my retirement.

by Anonymousreply 11September 16, 2023 3:04 AM

The reporter looks like he can barely contain his laughter.

by Anonymousreply 12September 16, 2023 3:10 AM

It doesn't seem big and wide enough R11.

by Anonymousreply 13September 16, 2023 5:03 AM

It's dumb and ugly but inapropriate? Looks like an asshole? Huh?

by Anonymousreply 14September 16, 2023 5:09 AM

There is no hope for humanity.

by Anonymousreply 15September 16, 2023 5:17 AM

I think it's tremendous!

But a little small.

by Anonymousreply 16September 16, 2023 5:18 AM

Paint it dark.

If you don't like it, you can always bleach it.

by Anonymousreply 17September 16, 2023 5:26 AM

The front side is supposed to symbolize the infinitely diverse communities infected with HIV/AIDS and the back side is supposed to symbolize an anus, the portal through which they were infected.

by Anonymousreply 18September 16, 2023 12:09 PM

It's giving me Goatse realness.

by Anonymousreply 19September 17, 2023 4:55 AM

It needs to be in the shape of lipstick. Everyone knows that's how you "celebrate" AIDS.

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by Anonymousreply 20September 17, 2023 5:18 AM

Holes! 🤢

by Anonymousreply 21September 17, 2023 5:24 AM

AND that was the Girleen reporter's final story. She's off to a bigger market! You go GURL!

by Anonymousreply 22September 17, 2023 1:18 PM

I wrote the organization just to add another voice of gay outrage at this ridiculous piece of assholery.

Idiots. New public art needs to be banned at this point.

by Anonymousreply 23September 17, 2023 1:43 PM

I still say after the big Marilyn statue in PS that they should have a life sized and anatomically correct Tom of Finland statue.

by Anonymousreply 24September 17, 2023 2:05 PM

The part where the hole is should have a fist. It could represent determination.

by Anonymousreply 25September 17, 2023 2:29 PM

It should be a prolapsed hole, to more accurately represent the population of Palm Springs

by Anonymousreply 26September 17, 2023 2:35 PM

r26 If they really wanted to represent the population, they'd enclose it in a disposable diaper.

by Anonymousreply 27September 17, 2023 2:46 PM

We have a similar piece in Seattle

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by Anonymousreply 28September 17, 2023 2:57 PM

It’s an art deco glory hole.

by Anonymousreply 29September 17, 2023 3:37 PM

It’s a cruller donut.

by Anonymousreply 30September 17, 2023 3:39 PM

It’s a steel belted radial!

by Anonymousreply 31September 17, 2023 3:41 PM

It should be painted dusty pink.

by Anonymousreply 32September 17, 2023 3:42 PM

I'm getting hot and bothered watching local reporter Jack Ingrassia discuss assholes.

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by Anonymousreply 33September 17, 2023 3:47 PM

It's going to become all the rage.

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by Anonymousreply 34September 17, 2023 3:54 PM

Let' s just hope it's not scratch and sniff.

by Anonymousreply 35September 17, 2023 4:18 PM

It doesn't make me think "butthole" but it also doesn't make me think "memorial." It looks like a giant donut, bagel or Lifesaver candy.

by Anonymousreply 36September 17, 2023 4:28 PM

Oh, My Gourd.

by Anonymousreply 37September 17, 2023 4:37 PM

They can put this right next to it

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by Anonymousreply 38September 17, 2023 5:06 PM

We're shocked!

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by Anonymousreply 39September 17, 2023 5:49 PM

Neither a coin slot nor a balloon knot.

by Anonymousreply 40September 17, 2023 6:18 PM

It's utterly asinine.

Come on, go back to the drawing board. The current proposal is inappropriate and invites disparaging criticism.

by Anonymousreply 41September 17, 2023 9:17 PM

"but we MUST honor the many queer lives lost"------Dylan Mulvaney. Displaying ignorance and disrespect while peddling lipstick to celebrate World AIDS Day.

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by Anonymousreply 42September 17, 2023 9:26 PM

It’s a portal that leads into the butthole of John Malkovich.

by Anonymousreply 43September 17, 2023 9:37 PM

The sculptor didn't see the resemblance to an anus? Was this sculpture first a drawing on paper before creating the prototype? Didn't the sculptor or the committee show the drawing to anyone or see the resemblance before displaying this thing?

Besides, could there be a little more connection to AIDS and the lives lost? The current prototype is just too weird and obscure in addition to bordering on obscene.

by Anonymousreply 44September 17, 2023 11:27 PM

Senator John Kennedy (aka Grandpa Gums) of Louisiana will be creating a Senate Subcommittee to investigate and discuss prolapsed asshole sculptures in 3...2...

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by Anonymousreply 45September 17, 2023 11:32 PM

^^Lastly, isn't it a bit late to the party for an sole AIDS memorial now? What about a gay memorial sculpture dedicated the struggle for equality and including a symbol of the AIDS crisis within the sculpture?

by Anonymousreply 46September 17, 2023 11:32 PM

There isn't a unhoused trans woman of color in this memorial! This cannot stand!

by Anonymousreply 47September 18, 2023 2:22 AM

[quote]There isn't a unhoused trans woman of color in this memorial! This cannot stand!

Marsha P. Johnson laid the first brick in the foundation.

by Anonymousreply 48September 18, 2023 4:05 AM

How pedantically one-dimensional!

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by Anonymousreply 49September 18, 2023 4:48 AM

I think they should build it so we can hear people ask, “Is that a giant anus?”

by Anonymousreply 50September 18, 2023 5:03 AM

Have they tried to sell the naming rights yet?

by Anonymousreply 51September 18, 2023 5:10 AM
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