On April the 18th of this year, the 11th annual Day of Silence (a national youth-run effort using silence to protest the actual silencing of LGBT people due to harassment, bias and abuse in schools), Erin Davies VW Bug was spray-painted with the words "FAg" and "U R gay" because of a rainbow sticker she had previously placed on the bumper.

The vortex of emotions that anyone of us would be feeling at having been violated in such a way coalesced into a determination that not only would Erin not "fix" her car, but work to fix her world instead. Thus was born the "Fagbug". This summer Ms. Davies will be driving her modified automobile cross country to generate dialogue about the oppressive conditions GLBT people still live with day to day.

We discovered her story on the web, asked for an interview and are happy as could be that we got to speak with Erin.


Part of The FagBug project is to include in the coming weeks the creation of VW shaped rainbow Fagbug stickers of support that will be available at Erin's website. Just as all forms of sexual expression are welcome into the Queer community, the Fagbug sticker will be for anyone standing (or Driving) for cultural and sexual diversity expressed without fear (Gilbert Baker - our rainbow flag Betsy Ross - would be so proud!).