Today is the international day against homophobia. Relating to the subject, meet the brave lesbian, who turned an act of homophobic vandalism against her car into a tolerance campaign:

Erin Davies, a 29-year-old graduate student at Sage Graduate School, began her day like any other. She left her home in the historic Mansion Hill neighborhood of Albany, NY intending to go to her part-time job at a Moe’s, a local Mexican restaurant. Full of smiles and an optimistic anticipation for the day, she headed towards her parked 2002 grey Volkswagen Beetle. But when she drew closer, she saw something red on her hood.

“From where I was standing, I couldn’t read what it said so I kept walking,” Erin explained. “When I got close enough to read it, I realized what is said. I stopped dead in my tracks in total shock.”
What Erin saw were the words, “u r gay” written red spray paint. After a few seconds, she noticed another word, “fag,” glaring back at her from her driver’s side window.

After the initial shock, Erin didn't clean the text off, but decided to leave it in place as a public evidence of an attack against her. Later her car has turned into a mobile political campaign.

At the end of June, Erin will hit the road with her “fag bug” and travel across the country and in Canada stopping in various cities, at pride events and participating in speaking engagements along the way. The point of the trip is to expose the kind of homophobia that is still a regular occurrence in today’s society.

“The typical reaction,” explained Erin. “Is to cover something like this up as quick as possible and to move on with our lives. But even if it was covered up, I would still see that image every time I saw my car.”
Rather than pretend the whole thing hadn’t happened, Erin is thrusting herself into the public eye to make a profound statement.

(via Feministing)