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Wyn Wylie, whose drag queen name is \u201cPattie Gonia,\u201d has been named a \u201cTraveler of the Year\u201d by National Geographic.<\/p>\n
\u201cArtist, environmentalist, and drag queen Wyn Wiley\u2014known professionally as Pattie Gonia\u2014helps LGBTQ+ youth discover the wonders of the outdoors,\u201d an article from National Geographic reads<\/a>. \u201cAs founder of the nonprofit Outdoorist Oath, she brings the queer community together in the parks and wild spaces of Oregon, her home state.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHer feel-good music videos address environmental justice and pride in identity, and include collaborators such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Indigenous trans musician Quinn Christopherson.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEvery year my community fundraises to send 10 queer youth on a fully scholarshipped backpacking trip,\u201d Wylie told the outlet. \u201cOne of the attendees told me and the group around the fire, \u2018Being on this trip has helped me reclaim a childhood I didn\u2019t get to have.\u2019 That\u2019s everything to me.\u201d<\/p>\n Others on the \u201cTraveler of the Year list\u201d were Dolly Parton, a disabled skier, and a culinary documentarian.<\/p>\n Wylie was previously part of<\/a> outdoor brand The North Face\u2019s Summer of Pride tour.<\/p>\n The advertisement invited viewers to \u201ccome out\u201d to celebrate the Pride tour in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n