[4] Orangias donated the monument to R.A. Apffel Park/East Beach to further the Park’s mission and contribute to honoring diversity on the island.

[5] "There are starting to be more monuments for gender and sexual minorities around the world, so this piece adds to that network,"[1] the artist told the Galveston Daily News.

In 2015, Pink Dolphin Monument was featured in the "Island Time" exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

It is supported by a five-foot plinth, which is designed to create an impression of a dolphin jumping overhead, in the Gulf of Mexico surrounding Galveston Island.

[7] The statue is accompanied by the following poem: ∩ The path that led you here through giant gold headdresses shaking in the wind below a long calligraphy of stars— finds you standing in R.A. Apffel Park lit by dreams of dolphins rising pink arches in the dark ∩[7] The carving of the dolphin statue resulted in 243 chips from the original sandstone boulder.