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 US and Canada.

Along the way, Erin discovered other, more serious hate crimes, and had people attempt to remove the graffiti, and experimented with having a male drive her car. After driving the Fagbug for 1 year.

Erin decided to give her car a makeover.

She's presented the Fagbug story to over 300 schools including Yale and Cornell University and businesses including VW of America, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Docs In Progress to bring awareness about hate crimes and to confront homophobia.

Erin's been featured on NPR, ABC News, Newsweek, BBC, Vanity Fair, and was highlighted in Clara Lewis' book "Tough On Hate." Vanity Fair defined Fagbug in "Words That Shaped The Week" as: FagBug, An adorable, polychromatic, and frequently vandalized Volkswagen Beetle designed to facilitate LGBT-tolerance.

The Fagbug has a sequel documentary made about its quest to reach all 50 states. The sequel is titled, "Fagbug Nation." "Fagbug Nation" takes you behind the wheel of what it's like to drive the once vandalized, now famous "Fagbug." With six years of touring under her belt, director Erin Davies "Fagbug," 2009, Netflix has her mind set on getting her car to all 50 states, Hawaii and Alaska being the final two. To pull this off, Erin went 54 days without a car, put her car on 5 boats, and flew on 14 planes. The Fagbug gets leis'd in Hawaii and drives through the midnight sun to Alaska, but first makes a pit stop at the Equality House in Topeka, Kansas. Watch as this rainbow colored Beetle serves as a catalyst for our nation on the road to equality.