North Face faces heat over sponsorship of overnight LGBT camp where kids perform in drag, explore sexuality



The North Face is again facing scrutiny, this time over its sponsorship of a non-straight camp where children engage in sexualized activities.

The American athletic clothing company is listed with Toms, Brooks, and Eno among the leading sponsors of Camp Brave Trails, a "fully accredited overnight summer camp specially designed for LGBTQ teens, ages 12-17" with campgrounds located in New York and Southern California.

The North Face has apparently been shelling cash and gear for the camp for years, noting in a June 2021 post that it was donating over $70,000 in LGBT-themed products to the camp.

According to the camp's website, children attending the camp bunk with 9-10 peers of the same age group, never divided by gender. Campers are "encouraged to spread their wings and make their own decisions" and told to anticipate a "strong expectation of maturity, kindness, consent, and compassion."

The Daily Wire highlighted how in an appearance on the "Kelly Clarkson Show," the camp's lesbian founders, Kayla Weissbuch and Jessica Weissbuch, stated, "All of our housing is genderless, bathrooms are genderless, we ask for names and pronouns from campers, and they can change them all they like."

Kayla Weissbuch noted further that the camp has a clothing closet so that children can explore their gender identity and "try and find, like, who they are and what feels good to them."

One camper told Clarkson, "I was able to perform, do drag, I was able to do ... so many activities."

One promotional video for the camp shows children dressing up in drag and putting on performances.

The camp makes no secret of these activities, stating on its website, "We bid farewell to gender-segregated spaces and activities, tossed aside arbitrary dress codes, and ensured our campers wouldn't have to justify or explain their identities."

"Campers also embark on a journey of self-discovery and learn more about the LGBTQ+ community through exclusive programs you'll only find at an LGBTQ+ camp," continued the write-up on the camp's website. "This includes identity-based groups, captivating drag shows and workshops, enlightening queer history lessons, and a fantastic clothing closet where you can explore gender expression or experiment with a new look."

Kayla Weissbuch made clear in a Forbes interview that the camp is not just about isolating children from parents and society in a place where they can stage drag shows and explore their sexual identities. It's also a means of weaponizing children in the culture war. She suggested that non-straight kids are an "overlooked resource" when it comes to fighting for so-called social justice.

"If we can hone in on that, these ripples will start to show," said Kayla Weissbuch. "It's all about creating and starting those ripples."

The North Face, which still categorizes its clothing in accordance with the sex binary, appears keen to continue creating ripples of its own with leftist propaganda.

Last year, the company courted controversy and calls for a boycott with an ad campaign featuring a transvestite inviting viewers to "come out ... in nature with us."

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Newsweek noted that while Bud Light was taking a financial beating over its marketing partnership with transvestite influencer Dylan Mulvaney, The North Face doubled down, writing, "We recognize the opportunity our brand has to shape the future of the outdoors and we want that future to be a more accepting and loving place."

The clothing brand is not just committed to pushing LGBT propaganda. It is also apparently captive to the strain of identitarianism that predominates on the left.

The Sun reported last month that the company offered customers a 20% discount if they agreed to suffer through an hour-long course on racial inclusion and "the unique challenges that people of color face when accessing the outdoors."

One critic noted that "the irony is that The North Face is implicitly acknowledging here that all its customers are white."

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New target acquired: Lauren Boebert calls for boycott against woke company The North Face



Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado is calling for people to boycott The North Face. The congresswoman's call for conservatives to target the clothing and gear company is apparently in response to the brand's promotion of the LGBT movement.

The North Face recently released a video featuring drag queen Pattie Gonia. "Hi, it's me Pattie Gonia, a real-life homosexual," the drag queen said in a video, adding, "today I'm here with the North Face. We are here to invite you to come out," the gay man said, pausing before adding, "in nature with us!" The video marks the company's second straight year featuring the drag queen in a video.

Boebert called for a boycott against the company.

"Well, I guess North Face wanted to get a taste of what conservatives did to Bud Light and Target. How many times do we have to explain to the woke marketing departments at these disgusting companies that America is not a nation of degenerates? It's time to boycott ANY product North Face has ever made. Let's make it as shameful to wear North Face as it is to drink Bud Light!" Boebert tweeted.

\u201cWell, I guess North Face wanted to get a taste of what conservatives did to Bud Light and Target. \n\nHow many times do we have to explain to the woke marketing departments at these disgusting companies that America is not a nation of degenerates?\n\nIt\u2019s time to boycott ANY product\u2026\u201d
— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1685057539

Anheuser-Busch has been facing consumer backlash for having transgender figure Dylan Mulvaney promote its Bud Light beer.

"North Face really told Bud Light, 'Hold my beer,'" actor Kevin Sorbo quipped when sharing The North Face's recent Pattie Gonia video.

Target has also recently been facing backlash for promoting the LGBT movement, including by offering pro-LGBT products for kids and babies.

The company was also offering a few items from Abprallen, a brand that has offered a pin that says "Satan respects pronouns." That pin was not part of Target's offerings, and it seems that Target has removed Abprallen products from its site.

"For more than a decade, Target has offered an assortment of products aimed at celebrating Pride Month. Since introducing this year's collection, we've experienced threats impacting our team members' sense of safety and well-being while at work," Target said in a statement. "Given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior. Our focus now is on moving forward with our continuing commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community and standing with them as we celebrate Pride Month and throughout the year."

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The North Face features 'real-life homosexual' drag queen for the second year straight



The North Face, a company that sells products such as outdoor clothing and gear, is once again promoting the LGBT movement by featuring drag queen Pattie Gonia in a video and advertising a "Summer of Pride."

"Hi, it's me Pattie Gonia, a real-life homosexual," the drag queen said in a video, adding, "today I'm here with the North Face. We are here to invite you to come out," the gay man said, pausing before adding, "in nature with us!"

"We like to call this little tour, the Summer of Pride. This tour has everything: hiking, community, art, lesbians, lesbians making art. Last year we gay sashayed across the nation and celebrated pride," the man said. He concluded the ad by inviting people to "come outside and celebrate the beautiful LGHGTV community."

The North Face indicated that there will be a Summer of Pride event in Salt Lake City, Utah, in July and in Atlanta, Georgia, in September. "For the second year in a row...@thenorthface has teamed up with... @pattiegonia (they/she)," an Instagram post declares. "Join us for the Summer of Pride and get in on this party."

This marks the brand's second straight year working with Pattie Gonia to promote the LGBT movement.

"Nature let's you be who you are, even gay," the drag queen said in a video last year. "We're traveling all the gay across America, and everyone's invited."

The National Audubon Society enlisted the environmentalist drag queen last year to promote climate alarmism in a bizarre video in which Pattie Gonia could be seen clad in a winged costume.

\u201cThis #PrideMonth, Audubon partnered with drag queen and intersectional environmentalist Pattie Gonia to bring you #BirdsTellUs: The Song of the Meadowlark, a message of hope for the future of our planet as we face climate change\u2014if we choose to listen: https://t.co/RGHzJTXGgS\u201d
— Audubon Society (@Audubon Society) 1655151600

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