--- title: Pattie Gonia Is on the 2025 TIME100 Creators List description: Find out why Pattie Gonia is one of the 100 most influential digital voices of 2025. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299163/pattie-gonia/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-07-09T11:30:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:50:47.348Z article:section: World og:title: Pattie Gonia: TIME100 Creators 2025 og:description: Find out why Pattie Gonia is on the list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299163/pattie-gonia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1e9e5826f1fc54e/6998c82025f3eee91a644d06/TIME100-Creators-2025-Pattie-Gonia-085.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Pattie Gonia: TIME100 Creators 2025 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pattie Gonia: TIME100 Creators 2025 twitter:description: Find out why Pattie Gonia is on the list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1e9e5826f1fc54e/6998c82025f3eee91a644d06/TIME100-Creators-2025-Pattie-Gonia-085.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 09, 2025 # Pattie Gonia @pattiegonia by Hilton Dresden  Evan Benally Atwood In a time when both [climate protections](https://time.com/7258269/trump-climate-policies-executive-orders/) and [LGBTQ rights](https://time.com/7015646/project-2025-lgbtq-history/) are facing mounting political challenges, staying informed—and knowing how to take action—can feel overwhelming. Enter Pattie Gonia, an Oregon-based drag artist and content creator who blends dynamic performances with environmental education and activism. Known for her signature lacefront wigs and elaborate looks, Pattie Gonia (the alter ego of 32-year-old Wyn Wiley) creates informative, engaging videos breaking down the climate crisis and offering concrete steps her audience of 1.5 million across [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/pattiegonia/?hl=en) and [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@pattiegonia?lang=en) can take to combat it. Beyond social media, she’s the co-founder of Outdoorist Oath, an organization dedicated to empowering BIPOC and queer communities to become politically engaged in defense of nature. This year, Pattie Gonia took her message across the U.S. with a 13-date environmental drag show tour, using her on-stage chops to spotlight both ecological issues and trans rights. _Data and insights powered by #paid_ **Correction, July 10** _The original version of this story misstated Pattie Gonia's age. It is 32, not 34\._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299163/pattie-gonia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299163/pattie-gonia/"},"headline":"Pattie Gonia","datePublished":"2025-07-09T11:30:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:50:47.348Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299163/pattie-gonia/","keywords":["Social Media","list","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1e9e5826f1fc54e/6998c82025f3eee91a644d06/TIME100-Creators-2025-Pattie-Gonia-085.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1e9e5826f1fc54e/6998c82025f3eee91a644d06/TIME100-Creators-2025-Pattie-Gonia-085.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-creators-2025/7299163/pattie-gonia/","name":"Pattie Gonia"}}]}] ```