TROY, N.Y. -- There's no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow, but its owner hopes people will consider applying the golden rule, especially to gay people, when they see it drive by.

"It's a small action, but I think it has a bigger meaning behind it," said Erin Davies, owner of the "Fagbug."

Erin Davies spent the past year driving the "Fagbug" more than 50,000 miles through 45 states, speaking out against homophobia and encouraging tolerance.

"Some people will think, will be for that, some people will be against that," said Davies. "So, everything has been very charged."

Before Volkswagen gave it a rainbow wrap, her Beetle looked very different. Someone spray-painted "Fag" and "U R Gay" on the car. Those hateful words sparked the movement and motivated the 30-year-old art education student to stand up against whoever wrote them.

"If everyone that ever got vandalized or victimized had my reaction, turned it into a positive for themselves, and others, I think it would be null and void and people would no longer get a kick out of stuff like that," said Davies.

Erin's cross-country trip in the "Fagbug" inspired and encouraged people nationwide to stand up against hate crimes. It also motivated two Russell Sage students to fight for women's rights.

"It's just inspiring how a person has enough courage to say no and to stand up for themselves and for their rights," said Russell Sage junior Emily Ekland.

So, Ekland and her friend, Kelly Manning, created Women's Association for Community and Knowledge (WACK) with the goal of bringing women together.

"We, as a community need, to be more aware and more accepting of this and I think the lesson I learned is that you cannot be silent," said Manning.

"Women have something special to give and we need to support one another," said Ekland.

It's not enough to just talk about things, but to actually take forth the effort to do something," said Davies. "And, if other people can be inspired by what I'm doing, and to take action, then that's what it's all about."

Davies plans to continue spreading the message. She's writing a book and finishing a documentary of her trip. She plans to submit it to the Sundance Film Festival, all with the goal of making tolerance something you don't have to look somewhere over the rainbow to find.