Yosemite National Park Faces Boycott Calls Over Pride Celebration
products supporting Pride Month, which takes place every June. Companies supporting the LGBTQ+ community outside of Pride Month have also faced backlash from conservatives.Brands and companies like Bud Light, Target, Nike, Adidas and Barstool Sports have been at the center of a furor over LGBTQ+ marketing at a time when anti-transgender sentiment appears to be growing in the United States, with bills targeting transgender people sweeping through Republican state legislatures.Yosemite has became the latest of such targets, after a video uploaded to TikTok by drag queen Pattie Gonia showed employees celebrating Pride Month.In the clip, which has been viewed more than 1.3 million times, a celebratory group is seen waving rainbow flags.
Pattie Gonia, whose real name is Wyn Wiley, is heard saying in a voiceover that "gay people are literally taking over the national parks system.""I just helped their Pride in Yosemite for the third year in a row," Pattie Gonia continued. "But this isn't a Pride for visitors to the Valley.
This is a Pride for the park employees, of which—as you can see—there are literal hundreds of queer Yosemite employees. We danced, we marched, we celebrated, and we got wet."all parks are gay now, those are the rules. #pride #yosemite #queer"I am so proud of all the community organizers within the park system who are making safe spaces for queer people all year round," added Pattie Gonia, whose recent collaboration with North Face has seen the company face boycott calls. "No planet, no Pride.
