Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia: Why The Outdoor Retailer Is Suing A Drag Queen
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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The company known for its outdoor apparel and environmental activism is suing a drag queen who goes by a similar name after it claims Pattie has breached an agreement they both reached 3 years ago. The back and forth between the company and the drag queen has now spilled over to social media, where both sides are trying to win over public opinion. It may surprise you what Patagonia is asking for in its lawsuit and why Pattie Gonia has refused, saying: “Absolutely not, no deal.”
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.9 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.0 | It is Wednesday, June 3rd, and a major outdoor recreation retailer is suing a drag queen for copyright and trademark infringement. |
| 0:20.6 | The drag queen's name is Patty Gonia. Can you guess which |
| 0:26.8 | major outdoor recreation retailer is suing? And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and |
| 0:32.8 | T.J. You brought this story to my attention, I think a couple days ago. It is now escalated because |
| 0:39.1 | there's some back and forth going on in public. But Robs, this is fascinating. The name is |
| 0:44.5 | Patty Gonia. It's cute. Yes. It obviously made me chuckle at first. And it is catchy. Yes, we |
| 0:51.4 | actually have been going to Ava, my oldest, off-Broadway show called Wigs. |
| 0:57.5 | And they start with the drag queen to kind of introduce the audience to this improv-style theater. |
| 1:04.4 | And they always have these clever names. |
| 1:06.5 | And so we always get a kick out of it. |
| 1:07.9 | We love Jacqueline Hyde. |
| 1:10.0 | Jacqueline is the first name. Jacqueline Hyde. They. We love Jacqueline Hyde. Jacklin is the first name. |
| 1:11.3 | Jacqueline Hyde. They do this. These are cute name. They're wonderful. This one is well done. |
| 1:17.7 | Patty is the first name. Gonia is the last. Yes. So it caught our attention because we were |
| 1:23.7 | laughing and I thought, okay, I can see where that may have been problematic, but here's |
| 1:27.8 | the deal. They have been cool. Patagonia, the company, and Patagonia, the drag queen, have known |
| 1:36.3 | about each other for years and have had an agreement in which they were operating under, |
| 1:41.6 | it seems. Yes. Patagonia, the company, was not coming after the drag queen for the name over the past couple |
| 1:48.8 | years. |
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