Birmingham's Big City Plan, new art project, city's gay village rhinestone-encrusted rhinoceros sculpture

Birmingham's Big City Plan, A new art project that will put the city's gay village on the map.

A large rhinestone-encrusted rhinoceros sculpture is set to be installed on the corner of Bromsgrove Street and Hurst Street as part of a gay village gateway project in an effort to signify to visitors that they have reached the gay village.

The horned animal was selected as it symbolises strength and was originally a symbol of the gay rights movement in the United States, while the use of rhinestones reflects Birmingham’s rich jewellery-making history.


For more information about the art project, visitwww.facebook.com/thebirminghamrhino or www.blgbt.org/rhino