She’s become a global superstar…drag queen environmentalist PATTIE GONIA is hitting the road this spring/summer for shows preaching the gospel of keeping the great outdoors green and healthy. Named a “National Geographic Traveler of the Year” this year, the strapping queen and advocate will drop into several cities including Seattle, with a stop at the Showbox on Thursday, June 27th just in time for Seattle’s Pride Weekend.
Pattie Gonia Presents, SAVE HER! An Environmental Drag Show will also hit several other cities including Telluride and Denver, Colorado.
Snag tickets for the Seattle show at: https://www.axs.com/events/554078/pattie-gonia-tickets
More on yummy Pattie, who is a dish both in drag and out!
Pattie Gonia is a critically acclaimed drag queen, environmentalist and advocate for inclusivity and diversity in the outdoors.Pattie is known for their environmental activism, community building, public speaking and performing outdoor feats like climbing, skiing, surfing and hiking all in drag.
To date, Pattie’s community is more than 1,000,000 people strong. Pattie is also the co-founder of the Outdoorist Oath– a non-profit that gets BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and femmes into the outdoors through community and education.
Recently, Pattie founded the Queer Outdoor and Environmental Job Board – a free tool queer individuals can use to get hired and therefore diversify the fields.
Together with her community, they’ve collectively fundraised over $1.5 million dollars for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC and environmental non-profits, completed thousands of miles of hiking and backpacking and raised awareness about the ongoing environmental crisis through their film projects like Birds Tell Us & Everything to Lose.
Pattie’s drag itself is a personal journey of self identity, sustainability, and queering traditional masculine outdoor narratives to explore the natural world.