On the 11th Annual National Day of Silence, Erin Davies was victim to a
hate crime in Albany, New York. Because of sporting a rainbow sticker on
her VW Beetle, Erin's car was vandalized, left with the words "fag" and
"u r gay" placed on the driver's side window and hood of her car.
Despite initial shock and embarrassment, Erin decided to embrace what
happened by leaving the graffiti on her car. She took her car, now known
worldwide as the "fagbug," on a 58-day trip around the United States
and Canada. Along the way, Erin discovered other, more serious hate
crimes, had people attempt to remove the graffiti, and experimented with
having a male drive her car. After driving the fagbug for one year,
Erin decided to give her car a makeover.
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