Pattie Gonia, one of our least-favorite drag queens, is back in the headlines and this time we are very happy about it.
Pattie Gonia has been featured on our site multiple times, including most recently for defacing a national park with a trans flag.
While he was hired by The North Face...
and REI...
...Patagonia doesn't seem to appreciate his use of their name.
From the Post:
Outdoor gear brand Patagonia has filed suit against a drag performer and LGBTQ activist named Pattie Gonia for peddling merch which the company says rips off its highly recognizable brand markings.
The high end outdoor brand — beloved by day hikers and finance bros — alleges the drag queen has caused 'irreparable' damage by trading on the company's logo.
Pattie, whose real name is Wyn Wiley, had an agreement with the brand not to use their logos or any likeness of their brand to promote his activism. Patagonia says the drag artist broke the agreement and is damaging the brand.
Emails exchanged between Wiley and Patagonia from 2022 reveal that the company specifically asked he refrain from using their logos "or any substantially similar designs," including Patagonia's familiar Belwe font.
After learning of the launch of Wiley's e-commerce store, which included apparel and stickers for sale reading 'Pattie Gonia Hiking Club' and a sticker bearing his drag name using the brand's font and silhouetted mountain peak logo, the brand's lawyers reached out again last February, the lawsuit says ...
Patagonia lawyers followed up about a month later requesting a meeting to discuss 'a way forward' between the sides but Wiley did not respond, and continued 'to use and display Patagonia's logos,' according to the complaint.
You mean to tell me a man whose personal brand is to ridicule women by dressing up as a freakish chick doesn't have the basic decency and respect to uphold their end of an agreement?
Who could have seen this coming?
I sincerely hope this is the last we ever hear from Mr. Wiley (and that he finds Jesus).
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