Pattie Gonia (she/they) is an intersectional environmentalist, drag queen, and community organizer working to diversify the outdoors and climate movements.
Her community consists of 934.9K+ people across platforms and her work has over 60M views globally. She’s used her platforms to create inclusive for LGBTQ+ and allies in non-traditional spaces, and is a leader in her field, raising $1.5M for non profits.
Her work has resonated across sectors as she’s been featured in New York Times, TIME Magazine, Vogue, Outside Magazine, Grist, Science Friday. Pattie has keynoted/performed at events for Smithsonian, NASA, The North Face, REI, Yale, USC, and many others, leading to 4.7M impressions of events alone.
Pattie and her team are passionate about partnering with organizations across all sectors of society, and has an extensive history of non profit + brand collaborations.
Her purpose as a speaker is to educate, entertain, and engage your audience.
Pattie’s specialty is making environmental and queer topics accessible, meeting people where they are, and helping them succeed in taking action for people and the planet.
Speaking Topics -
How We Can be Guided by Nature to Take Action for People and the Planet
Pattie Gonia (she/they) shares their unlikely journey to becoming Pattie and how we can be guided by nature to take intersectional action for people and the planet. Participants will enjoy this engaging talk with practical take aways to make an audience thrive in their collective action.
Inclusion
- Queerness In Nature: The Story of Pattie Gonia and Queerness in our Natural world
- Allyship: A truthful, honest, and in-progress presentation on the importance of allyship
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion: as it pertains to the queer community
Environmentalism
- Community Building: How to create the community you need to take environmental action
- 1% Better: the power of small changes in your daily life to impact you & the planet for the better
“ Thank you for showing up in the way that you did. From the first moment of prep through show time, your diligent and collaborative preparation and your genuine curiosity about what we were trying to accomplish was just incredible. The feeling of partnership was so strong and the gift of your vulnerability and wisdom so deep.”
“ Thank you for showing up in the way that you did. From the first moment of prep through show time, your diligent and collaborative preparation and your genuine curiosity about what we were trying to accomplish was just incredible. The feeling of partnership was so strong and the gift of your vulnerability and wisdom so deep.”