Pansy Tough
Hypatia (at Pam's House Blend) told a nice story ("Lobbying in Richmond for LGBT rights with Equality Virginia") about her experience lobbying her Virginia legislature for LGBT equality. In its midst, she related this anecdote:
On the way to our group photo on the front steps of the Capitol that Thomas Jefferson built, we passed an equestrian statue of George Washington with flowers planted around it. Brilliant purple and blue flowers thriving in the middle of winter though the wind was bitterly cold and below freezing. The flowers were pansies. One of our lesbian members remarked: "Notice the only ones who are TOUGH enough to take it are the PANSIES!"