Individuality and rebellion were expressions of courage.
Further, Amy and Kim say that, as same-sex parents, their feelings of love and their expressions of courage are especially strong because they view having their own children as a blessed gift, albeit one with untraditional pitfalls owing to both race and sex.
When the march had concluded, and I had expressed my astonishment in an e-mail to an American, it was met with a slightly grumpy reply, in which the writer noted similar expressions of courage after the 9/11 attacks on New York's Twin Towers.
A picture such as The Broken Column seems to give us her pain as almost no other; her body stuck with nails, the pale tears on her cheeks, the expression of terrible courage.
Signatories to the statement include Article 19, the International Press Institute and the PEN American Center, which faced upheaval last year over its decision to honour Charlie Hebdo as winner of its "freedom of expression courage award".
Epstein was one of more than 200 writers who signed a letter disassociating themselves from PEN American Center's choice of the French satirical magazine, where 12 people were killed by gunmen in January, as winner of its "Freedom of Expression Courage award" last month.
The expression of honesty and courage take me down for the count.
But before being shocked, recall how everyone from Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau to 145 members of PEN -- who protested the group's honoring of Charlie Hebdo with its freedom of expression courage award -- submitted their own "I condemn the murders, but... .. statements.
A cavalcade of righteous authors, led by Michael Ondaatje and Peter Carey, wrote an open letter attacking the American branch of PEN for awarding Charlie Hebdo the Freedom of Expression Courage award.
The French satirical weekly is to receive the PEN American Center's Toni and James C Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage award at a gala as part of the PEN World Voices festival.
