Photo by Keamber Pearson.

Singer. Spacemaker. Showgirl.

Meet TAYLOR ALXNDR (they/she), the underground drag icon and queer artist making a big splash in Atlanta and beyond. TAYLOR may have been raised in the country outskirts of bustling ATL, but has been making waves and turning heads in the big city since 2011. 

Co-founder of Southern Fried Queer Pride, an Atlanta-based organization that empowers Black and QTPOC communities in Atlanta & the South, TAYLOR’S art and performances are extensions of their community activism and organizing. They are the 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. 

Far from your typical showgirl, TAYLOR is a spacemaker, whose ability to blend music, drag, and performance with social commentary has made her a fixture in ATL’s LGBTQ+ nightlife & arts scene. TAYLOR got her start performing at local dive bars in Atlanta’s subversive queer drag scene, and sees nightlife as more than just a chance to perform, but as an opportunity to create space and community.

The “DIY pop priestess” made a splash in 2017 with her debut single "Nightwork", which explores the darker layers of drag. “With shots of the singer getting into the gig,” wrote Justin Moran in OUT Magazine, “the visual showcases the behind-the-scenes process of a drag performance—all the gritty hard work that goes into a single night of glamour.” She followed it with her debut project, NOISE, a soundtrack to all the ‘noise’ and dissonance that comes with existing as a queer and trans person of color.

In 2018, TAYLOR released her debut EP HOLOGRAM, which received critical acclaim and was listed as one of the top 10 albums from Atlanta in 2018. An observation of social media, technology, and communication set to dance-floor ready synth-pop with 80s flourishes, Bandcamp called the project “multifaceted, personal pop, designed for community healing but free of grating platitudes,” and “a lovely record, streetlamp-shimmery and radiator-warm, a reminder of the power of interpersonal thoughtfulness and kindness in marginalized communities, and a necessity for these bleak times.”