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Posted: 5/2/07 at 11:29pm
Out New York graduate student Erin Davies, whose Volkswagen Beetle was spray-painted with hate slogans on the Day of Silence, April 18, plans to drive the vandalized "Fag Bug" on a cross-country tour for tolerance.
Davies, who came out as a lesbian 12 years ago, got many messages of support after the hate vandalism in Albany, N.Y., which she figures was triggered by a rainbow sticker on the car.
At first, Davies said, she was mortified. She reported the crime to Albany police, who are investigating but say they have heard of no similar incidents. An insurance-company claims adjuster -- one of many people who advised her to remove the slurs from the car -- said doing so would cost $350.
"But even as I drove through my neighborhood in the rental car, I was stopped by friends and acquaintances and asked what I planned to do next," she told the Troy Record newspaper.
Her answer: "I'm gonna rainbow my whole car out!" Davies, 29, an arts education student at Russell Sage College, told Gay.com.
She decided to keep the slurs on the car to raise awareness. When people see it around town, she writes on her site, FagBug.com, they often leave letters of support on the dash.
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?date=2007/05/01/2&navpath=/channels/pride/
Davies, who came out as a lesbian 12 years ago, got many messages of support after the hate vandalism in Albany, N.Y., which she figures was triggered by a rainbow sticker on the car.
At first, Davies said, she was mortified. She reported the crime to Albany police, who are investigating but say they have heard of no similar incidents. An insurance-company claims adjuster -- one of many people who advised her to remove the slurs from the car -- said doing so would cost $350.
"But even as I drove through my neighborhood in the rental car, I was stopped by friends and acquaintances and asked what I planned to do next," she told the Troy Record newspaper.
Her answer: "I'm gonna rainbow my whole car out!" Davies, 29, an arts education student at Russell Sage College, told Gay.com.
She decided to keep the slurs on the car to raise awareness. When people see it around town, she writes on her site, FagBug.com, they often leave letters of support on the dash.
http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?date=2007/05/01/2&navpath=/channels/pride/
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