Pattie Gonia is a drag artist and activist whose work “focuses on environmental solutions — making art at the intersection of activism and making spaces for queer people that the community often forgets exist, [such as] queers in rural and outdoor spaces.”
The boldness, confidence, and determination of a drag icon are all found within Gonia, except that she’s not trying to defeat a lip-sync assassin, please a reality TV judging panel, or serve glamour in a pageant. She’s trying to save the world.
“The biggest obstacle I, and we, have all faced this year is the climate crisis,” she says, expressing how the LGBTQ+ community needs to refocus, see themselves as a part of nature, and collaborate on finding the best solutions for a sustainable future.
“We, as queer people, are not apart from nature; we are a part of nature. Queerness is not ‘unnatural’ — queerness is nothing but natural, and species that exhibit queerness can be found in every ecosystem on planet Earth.” @pattiegonia
