Fagbug

On the 11th annual National Day of Silence (April 18, 2007), Erin Davies of Albany, NY was faced with the unfortunate tragedy of being victim to a hate crime.

"Because of sporting a rainbow sticker on my VW Beetle, my car was vandalized in red spray paint with the words "fAg" and "u r gay" placed all over the hood and driver side of my car. Despite immediate shock and embarassment, I've decided to embrace what happened and keep driving my car as it is in order to bring more public awareness to the blatant homophobia that exists in our society."

Erin launched a website and plans to drive her fagbug on a cross country trip and take it to as many diverse communities as possible. She will also be gathering feedback for my fagbug documentary which will teach viewers about the intolerance that exists in our society. "The goal is to get at least one million people to add fagbug rainbow stickers to their cars so that no one else will be targeted like I was again. Until that happens, my car will stay as is!"

Who is Josh Harper?

Josh is an activist from the Northwest who has participated in animal liberation, wilderness, and human freedom projects for more than ten years. After sitting through hundreds of boring meetings and lectures he decided that the issues he cared about were constantly being presented in the most tedious manner, and so he co-created Breaking Free Video magazine in 1997 and later began conducting speaking tours in 1999. Between working on alternative media and speaking to small audiences he also has found plenty of time to get into trouble with the law by sabotaging a whale hunt, defying grand juries, and contributing to confrontational protest campaigns. All of this made him a perfect target for the modern criminalization of dissent, and in 2004 he was indicted for violations of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.

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