Indy Week: In Durham, Protesting Rising Duke Energy Rates Through Drag. “The performers and onlookers—who traveled from around the state—were gathered at the courthouse to protest proposed rate increases by Duke Energy and the rise of high-energy-consuming data centers used by tech behemoths like those portrayed in the skit. After the villains were quelled, the crowd went inside to give […]

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"Pattie Gonia Rejects Patagonia’s Offer To Drop Trademark Suit—Says It Would ‘Erase My Advocacy’

Drag performer Pattie Gonia rejected outdoor apparel company Patagonia’s offer to drop its trademark lawsuit, saying one of the three conditions the company proposed would 'erase' the performer as an activist.

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The apparel company filed a lawsuit in January against Pattie Gonia, whose real name is Wyn Wiley, alleging the drag performer violated an agreement previously made with the company by filing to trademark the name Pattie Gonia, departing from the 'discrete use of a persona to engage in activism' to 'launch a wide-ranging commercial enterprise under the PATTIE GONIA brand.'

The lawsuit has sparked a divided response online, with trademark attorney Josh Gerben telling NBC News Patagonia has an 'obligation' to protect its trademark, while supporters of Pattie Gonia flooded the apparel company’s Instagram with comments urging it to drop the lawsuit."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/06/02/pattie-gonia-rejects-patagonias-offer-to-drop-trademark-suit-says-it-would-erase-my-advocacy/

Drag queen Lady MAGA now opposes Trump

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/05/where-are-the-mass-deportations-drag-queen-lady-now-opposes/

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Preparing for a drag show, Halifax, Canada, 1931

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2070675/preparing-for-a-drag-show-halifax-canada-1931