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Instead of spending time preserving natural history, some federally funded parks are sponsoring Pride month events and teaching LGBTQ history to the public.
Earlier this month, Yosemite National Park in California held a weeklong Pride celebration sponsored by Yosemite’s LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group. The events included a speaker series as well as a Pride march and Pride festival co-hosted by drag queen Wyn Wiley, whose stage name is Pattie Gonia.
Wiley posted a video reel on Instagram where he said the march was just for Yosemite employees. However, on the flier promoting Yosemite’s Pride march, it says it is open to all “community members and employees.”
In the same reel located on Wiley’s Pattie Gonia Instagram account, he says, “Gay people are literally taking over the National Park System,” and, “Mother Nature is a lesbian.”