Kim-Testa\u2019s turkey was still in Washington Square on Thursday morning, but its head and body tilted backward, resting on the ground. Its legs were still anchored to the sculpture\u2019s base, but they were almost entirely severed from the rest of the bird. <\/p>\n
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Damage to a fiberglass turkey sculpture in Brookline was visible on Thursday morning.Ariela Lopez for The Boston Globe<\/p>\n
Titled \u201cLove is Love is Love,\u201d the turkey\u2019s design celebrates Massachusetts\u2019s LGBTQ+ community. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs a queer person myself, I\u2019m very proud of the fact that Massachusetts was the first state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage,\u201d Kim-Testa said in a phone interview Thursday. \u201cI was like, it would be nice to have a rainbow-Pride-something in the town, just to be like \u2018you\u2019re welcome here\u2019 to other queer people in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to painting the turkey in the colors of the intersex-inclusive progress Pride flag<\/a>, Kim-Testa decorated the bird with various translations of the word \u201clove.\u201d They said they used Brookline\u2019s demographic data to decide which languages to use.<\/p>\n Kim-Testa learned of the damage from a friend on June 9.<\/p>\n Frank Jefferson, who owns Brookline Frames on Beacon Street, said he noticed the damage last week, when the area experienced extremely hot weather. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if it was heat or vandalism,\u201d Jefferson said.<\/p>\n Brookline police did not respond to questions about whether they\u2019re investigating the damage to the sculpture.<\/p>\n Kim-Testa does not believe the turkey was deliberately harmed. They said it had been previously damaged during transport to Washington Square, and it was wobbly from the start.<\/p>\n \u201cIt probably was just that the weather did its thing,\u201d Kim-Testa said. \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of windy days lately. And I\u2019ve seen a lot of little kids get really excited about the turkey and go up to it.\u201d<\/p>\n Jackson called the damage to the turkey \u201cvery unfortunate.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cSo far as we know there have been no other reports of damage to the rest of the flock,\u201d Jackson wrote.<\/p>\n Ariela Lopez can be reached at ariela.lopez@globe.com<\/a>. Follow her on X @ariela__lopez<\/a>.<\/p>\n