Pride Month

Erin Davies: Fagbug on display

10 a.m. $longmonth 1, 2012
Campus Plaza 

On April 18, 2007, Erin Davies' Volkswagen Beetle was tagged with the words "fag" and "u r gay" on the driver's side and hood of her car. Rather than get it fixed, she decided to embrace what happened by keeping the graffiti on her car for one year to evoke a dialogue with the general public about homophobia. Not only did she want America to see the spray painted words, she wanted help coming up with a solution.

Erin planned a 58-day cross-country trip in her car now known worldwide as the "Fagbug" and produced an award-winning documentary about the adventure that is now on Netflix, iTunes, Hulu, and in libraries all around the country. After driving the car for a year, Erin decided to give the car a makeover. She is currently touring North America and will be on SCC's campus with her rainbow Volkswagen Beetle on display.

Learn more about Erin Davies at www.fagbug.com

This event is free and open to students, faculty, staff and the community.

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"Fagbug," Film and Q&A with Erin Davies

7 p.m. $longmonth 1, 2012
SC Private Dining Room

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On the 11th Annual National Day of Silence, Erin Davies was victim to a hate crime in Albany, New York. Because of sporting a rainbow sticker on her Volkswagen Beetle, 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 for one year to evoke a dialogue with the general public about homophobia.She took her car, now known worldwide as the "Fagbug," on a 58-day trip around the United States and Canada. Along the way, Erin discovered other, more serious hate crimes, had people attempt to remove the graffiti, and experimented with having a male drive her car. After driving the Fagbug for one year, Erin decided to give her car a makeover. She now tours with her rainbow Volkswagen Beetle speaking at universities across North America.

Erin went on to produce this award-winning documentary "Fagbug," about her adventure, which is now available on Netflix, iTunes, Hulu, and in libraries all around the country.

Learn more about "Fagbug" at http://www.fagbug.com/trailer.htm 

This event is free and open to students, faculty, staff and the community.

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Zach Wahls: What Makes a Family?

7 p.m. $longmonth 2, 2012
SSB Auditorium

The son of two lesbian mothers, the 19-year-old University of Iowa engineering student had no idea that his heartfelt testimony that day would spread like viral wildfire, and even have him on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

A state champion in high school debate and multiple national finalist in competitive acting, Zach was no stranger to speaking before an audience. Yet, he had never talked about his family in a public setting or in such open and candid terms. On his way home from the public hearing, he thought that his work was, for all practical purposes, finished.

Just two days after he testified during that hearing, however, a YouTube video of his testimony went viral, garnering nearly two million views with millions more via Facebook, Twitter, national and international television, and other online media.

Although initially hesitant to share his story on such a vast stage, Zach remembered the famed words of his favorite superhero's uncle, Ben Parker: "With great power comes great responsibility." Never before in his life had he had such an opportunity to stand up and speak out on behalf of his family. So he did what any of us would do, deciding to advocate for family and families like his all over the country.

Zach shares a story that has never before been told, and offers a fresh, bold perspective on a recently rekindled – and always contentious – issue: gay marriage.

Like any family's story, his is one of highs and lows, laughs and tribulations. You'll laugh, you may even cringe, and no matter your thoughts on marriage equality in our country, you'll walk away with a new perspective and something to think about.

Learn more about Zach Wahls at www.zachwahls.com

This event is free, open to the public, and sponsored by the Multicultural Programming Committee.

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