After her Volkswagen Beetle was vandalized with anti-gay graffiti, Erin Davies made a choice that changed the direction of her life: instead of hiding what happened, she drove the car across North America and invited people into honest conversations about visibility, hate, courage, and kindness.

What began as one painful moment became Fagbug — a documentary, a speaking program, a traveling symbol of LGBTQ+ resilience, and a conversation starter that has reached schools, colleges, communities, film festivals, and audiences across the country.

Erin is a filmmaker, speaker, educator, author, and longtime advocate for turning hurt into hope. Through her films, classroom visits, public talks, and the upcoming children’s book The Rainbow Bug, she helps people talk openly about bullying, identity, acceptance, and what it means to stand up for one another.

Her work is bold, colorful, deeply personal, and rooted in one simple belief:

when people are willing to listen, one conversation can change everything.

Erin is currently touring elementary and middle schools around the USA with her very own Rainbow Bug that matches the book to do book readings. Interested in having her visit? Contact her here.