National Geographic named Wyn Wylie — a drag queen and environmental activist performing under the name ‘Pattie Gonia‘ —one of its nine “Travelers of the Year.” Mr. Gonia has previously been caught attempting to groom children on behalf of the North Face brand.
Wylie describes himself as an “intersectional environmentalist, drag queen, and advocate for inclusivity in the outdoors” who works to “uplift LGBTQIA+ people and other underrepresented groups in the outdoors.”
The drag queen’s brand of ‘environmentalism,’ however, is less about protecting the environment and more about pushing far-left extremist ideas. Wylie co-founded The Outdoorist Oath, a non-profit that promotes an “action-based commitment for planet, inclusion, and adventure.” The group asks its members to take an oath recognizing “that systemic oppression is real and that hatred, discrimination, and biases marginalize people.”
The radical group hosts activist workshops it calls “Stretch Sessions,” including one about so-called white supremacy. In an online resource for its “white supremacy” workshop, the group states its desire to “make you think critically about the role White Supremacy plays into your experience in the outdoors, whether you’re white or BIPOC.” It asserts that “[c]onfronting our white supremacy… is a necessary step in creating a more inclusive and equitable outdoors.”
In another online resource on “racial literacy,” the organization peddles inaccurate information about race, falsely claiming that race isn’t a verifiable biological fact. “The concept of ‘race’ was created through pseudo-science to justify the displacement and exploitation of peoples globally,” it claims. “Today, we know race isn’t real in biological terms.”
The group also issued a statement on the ‘genocide’ of Palestinians that asserts Israel is a ‘colonizing’ and ‘imperial’ power. “The work we do at Outdoorist Oath would not be needed if it weren’t for the long-lasting and ongoing negative effects of colonization and imperialism,” it reads. “The struggles for the liberation of our planet and its people, are one in the same [sic].”