Fagbug Nation Page #3

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When they finished painting it,

and that flag went up, the

United States flag flying

the way it was designed

to fly, proudly.

and the rainbow flag below it.

That's what freedom's about.

Freedom to express

ourselves any way in this

United States that we

feel comfortable doing.

We actually have

a third boyfriend.

We were trying to get him

to meet up with us but

we're a throuple, so

there's three of us.

[Erin] Like a triad?

Yeah, a triad.

We call it a throuple

instead of a couple.

[Erin] How do your

families respond to that?

Well, that's real interesting

because Noni's parents know

Todd's family knows but

I haven't talked to my

family about it at all, 'cause

it's like I said before,

I'm really scared

what would happen

if they rejected me.

I have a great family

and we're really close.

We've just never talked

about it any of this.

I knew about there

being gay people

and I knew about straight

people, so I thought

there was maybe something

kind of wrong with me.

Maybe I wasn't

all the way gay or

all the way straight.

"Do other people have crushes

on both boys and girls?"

But then when you

talk to your friends,

"No, no way!"

"No way, ew!"

The other girls were like,

"No way, I wouldn't have a

crush on a girl, that's gross."

So it was like I knew I

was definitely different.

But then I knew I wasn't

different in the ways that like

the gay kids were different.

So I couldn't figure that

out and so I thought maybe

there was just something

weird or freakish about me

or something, I didn't

know about bisexuality.

I just sort of carried it

with me, almost like a secret.

I'm pansexual,

which means I see

people for who they are

and I don't classify

as male or female.

[Erin] So you just

have more of an emotional

connection with people?

Yes.

[Erin] Do people

understand that mostly or no?

I think mostly people are like

say the same thing like,

"Oh, bisexual" but it's

completely different

because if I classified

people as their gender,

they may not associate

with that gender.

It's all a matter

of how they feel

but I connect to people in

general, regardless of sex.

[Erin] So you don't

identify as bisexual?

No.

[Erin] Ok, what's the

main difference between

pansexual and bisexual.

A pansexual is more of

emotional connections and

not classifying people

as male or female, just

accepting all people equal.

[Erin] So it would be more

like you're open to someone

even if they're transgender?

Yeah!

I consider myself

a straight woman.

[Erin] Ok and how about you?

I'm a transgender man.

And I identify as queer.

[Erin] Ok what does that mean,

like that term mean to you?

What queer means

to me is sort of ...

I'm just gonna be different.

I've dated men,

I've dated women.

I'm open to people of all

genders and sexuality.

Not any more that I'm with

the person that I want

to be with forever.

But yeah, I don't feel

that I can be defined.

I like the term queer

in that it's about

being different always.

I thought it showed

an impressive amount

of dedication to say, "Ok,

I'm going to ship a car."

That's pretty impressive.

So kudos on the stubbornness.

To be able to ship the car

I have to have an emergency

working brake and

my emergency brake

works about 70 percent.

We got parts ordered for you,

which we're installing

now, we're replacing some

rusted, corroded

brake cables and

brake calibers.

You're having something

done to your car

to prepare it to be

shipped to Hawaii

from San Diego I hear.

Getting my car fixed

today is almost $1200.

Fixing the emergency brake.

So that's happened.

I'm always getting

work done that's $25.

My spark plugs was $100.

Getting my front and back

lights was about 300.

I have an event with

Sunseeker GLBT Resort

and Maui Pride.

They've set up a screening

of the movie with the car

on May 10th and so when I

called to make the reservation

the woman said there's

really no guarantee

and there's no way of

getting a guarantee so the

car could actually not be there

in time and I know that they

they really want

the car to be there.

If the car's not gonna be there,

they're not sure if they

would wanna to do the event

without the car.

I'm feeling a lot of

pressure right now.

Just uneasiness of

kind of at the whim of,

I've never had to ship

my car before so this is

somewhat unsettling.

We're at San Diego

Vehicle Processing Center

(mumbles) to Hawaii.

doing an inspection

on your vehicle,

writing down any chips,

dents, scratches,

I'll check the interior

for dirt and soiling,

then we will take the vehicle,

put it on a transporter

and take it down to the ship.

If Erin called me from Hawaii

and told me that she wishes

that I was there with her,

I could not handle it.

I'd much rather

drive somewhere,

than drive 20 hours up there.

I fly sometimes but I really

get nauseous on a plane.

We're about to get on our

final plane for Hawaii.

While Erin was away,

I was obsessively looking

up with anticipation

of coming here on

Google Earth and

looking up all the

pictures and all around

and I knew instantly I was like,

"Erin, I want to live there."

My main concern with Hawaii

is making sure the car

actually gets shipped

there successfully.

We're walking to

pick up Erin's car.

We've already been

told be a couple people

we can't videotape here.

We have a nine

o'clock appointment.

It's about 10 after now.

We have a little bit

more of a walk to go.

Hopefully my car is here.

As soon as we came

into this gated area.

I just felt so

excited to see my car

and how colorful it was and

just in the parking lot.

I've had all this anxiety

not knowing if it was gonna

make it in time when they

told me there's no guarantees.

I felt like I just didn't

know what was gonna happen.

It's kind of surreal to see

your car here in Hawaii.

I feel really happy

that it's actually here.

[Sonya] Are you on the

verge of tears right now?

I don't know.

Kind of with so much

uncertainty with this and I know

I have plans, I have

an event tomorrow.

It was a lot of money

getting it here.

[Sonya] A lot of

pressure on you?

You almost thought

it wouldn't be here.

You were preparing

yourself for the worst?

Yep.

We were just driving

along and there she is

in the fagbug pulling

out of the port,

covered with salt

spray I was like,

"Oh my God, there she is, I

can't believe it, she's here!"

I seen rainbow, at

first I thought was,

"Oh peace" and then when we

read it we were like, "What?!"

We were driving on the road.

I saw the fagbug and I

pretty much crashed our car

into the sign 'cause I was like,

"That's the fagbug!"

And I yelled it to my

coworkers and they didn't know

what I was talking about.

So I pulled over,

I was really excited to

see you here in Maui.

I've been following the

story for like six years.

(mumbles) and you put

it down at the doorways

I'm planning on going on

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