Merman Andrew is making a splash when it comes to men in tails. “You see a lot of mermaids in the industry, ... “I sound like a whale. It’s not cute,” he said.

Melissa Broder wanted to meet underneath the fiberglass whale. “I am #dtw (down to whale),” the 38-year-old writer wrote, suggesting a rendezvous in the Hall of Ocean Life, at the American ...

For 20 years, a home decor company called December Diamonds has been designing and producing ornaments — which include mermen — celebrating the LGBTQ community in kitschy coastal style.

Mermen, and mermaids, became popular as tourist souvineers as in the late 1800s and were traditionally made in China. Our Merman (affectionately known as Herman), was hand made from the body of ...