national geographic has named a drag queen as one of its “2024 Travelers of the Year.”
Drag queen Wynn Wiley, better known as Patti Gonia, has been hailed as an “Outdoor Inspiration” and “Traveler of the Year” in recent magazines. national geographic articletitled “They Inspire Us and Teach Us About the World: Meet the 2024 Travelers of the Year.”
Patti Gonia is “helping LGBTQ+ youth discover the wonders of the outdoors,” the magazine said. “As the founder of the nonprofit Outdoorist Oath, she rallies her queer community in the parks and wild spaces of her home state of Oregon.”
national geographic Additionally, the drag queen’s “feel-good music video explores themes of environmental justice and pride in identity, and includes collaborators such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Indigenous trans musician Quinn Kristofferson.” ” he added.
“Every year, my community raises money to send 10 queer youth on a fully-funded backpacking trip,” Patti Gonia told the magazine. “One of the participants told me and the group around the fire, “Taking this trip allowed me to recapture the childhood I never got to experience.” That means everything to me.”
When asked for her “best travel tips,” the drag queen gave readers this advice: “Rise before the sun rises. Go outside and walk around and watch the world wake up.”
“How would you define your drag style?” national geographic When asked, Patti Gonia replied: She’s a woman on the street, but she’s a weirdo on the mountain top. ”
The magazine also gives readers “tips on how to be better travelers,” including country music star Dolly Parton, whom National Geographic calls the “Queen of Hospitality,” and “Pasta Grannies.” He named eight others, including Vicki Bennison, author of . It’s called a “cooking documentary.”
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