Organizers

JON DEAN

WUSSY Mag

Jon Dean is a photographer, curator, and one of the original architects behind WUSSY. He served on the Mayor’s LGBTQIA+ Board in 2020 and has been honored by Atlanta Magazine, Creative Loafing, and the OUT Georgia Business Alliance for his contributions to ATL’s Queer community.


PHOENIX

Phoenix Entertainment

With a career spanning over 20 years, Phoenix is one of the headlining queens of the ATL.  Phoenix has appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 3), MTVs Teen Wolf, Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds, & more. For over a decade, with her production company, Phoenix Entertainment, she’s creating and producing some of the most popular shows and events in Atlanta, as well as managing other entertainers in the business, and is the entertainment director for Future Nightclub. 

ELLASAURUS REX

Mary’s EAV, Glitz

Ella/Saurus/Rex is a staple in the Atlanta drag scene for over 10 years. She is a dance and theater performer, producer and educator by day and a fierce drag queen by night. She is the mother of Mary’s in East Atlanta village where she has cultivated a thriving drag scene focused on craft and concept through her annual “Glitz” competition.

TAYLOR ALXNDR

SFQP, House of ALXNDR

TAYLOR ALXNDR (they/she) is an underground singer, showgirl, and spacemaker. She's the co-founder of Southern Fried Queer Pride, an Atlanta-based organization that empowers Black and QTPOC communities in Atlanta & the South through the arts, as well as mother of the House of ALXNDR, an Atlanta-based drag family and events hub that creates drag-centered, inclusive spaces for marginalized folks to build community.