The LGBTQ Beyond the Bell Crew Members That Helped Make Pride Special For You
What an amazing Pride month! We’ve been reflecting on what an important year it has been to protect queer joy, check in with our lgbtq+ history and celebrate Pride as loudly and visibly as possible. Thank you ALL for helping us make this month special. We want to take a second to acknowledge some of the widely talented queer people who helped make the City of Pride Tour happen. From musical talent to our show stopping graphics, some of the best of the best showed up to make this month happen.
Fame Neal (she/her)
Fame Neal (she/her) is the CEO of Lezcronymz Productions an LGBTQ, Women’s media and events company based in Philadelphia, PA. She is also the founder of EdibleWordz.com and a proud mom of two teenage sons.
After spending two years building the clothing brand Lezcronymz and being on the Philadelphia “Gay Scene” she recognized a need for more queer, black and brown spaces that catered to niche communities. Bringing with her a background in Corporate Event Planning she began coordinating special LGBTQ Events for Queer Women of Color.
Fame began utilizing the Lezcronymz platform to begin advocacy efforts for Queer, Black and Brown event visibility on popular travel websites. Today, Fame is the Marketing Director and Graphic Designer for The Main Event Philly as well as an equal partner and curator for the SWEAT Mega Dance Party series in Philadelphia.
Through media coverage and pro-bono marketing & event production services, Fame continues to create colorful spaces for the Black, Queer, & Kink Communities.
Koser (she/her)
Drawing comparisons from Amy Winehouse to Lady Gaga, Kara Koser (The Voice contestant) is a versatile and dynamic singer/songwriter from Philadelphia, PA. The powerhouse contralto fronts the new 5-piece pop rock band, KOSER, featured on Good Day PA, Q102’s Artist To Watch, NBC10, REC Philly, and more. KOSER opened for Mobb Deep, performing for crowds of 20 and 20,000. Winner of Songbird Season 11, I105 Fall Fest Star, and numerous songwriting awards, KOSER is the up-and-coming secret weapon live events dream of. KOSER is also one of the main entertainers for Founding Footstep’s BYOB Trolley, which boasts #1 of 172 on Trip Advisor.
Erin (she/they)
Multi instrumental and singer song writer Erin Dillard will be joining us as a guitarist on this year's tour! Originally hailing from Saint Louis, she moved to Philly in order to pursue her love of music. She identifies as an effeminate masculine lesbian and uses she/ her and they/ them pronouns! You can hear them performing around town under the moniker emospacebird!
Warren Johns (He/Him)
hi friends! my name is warren johns and i have been called philadelphias most famous tour guide by rebecca herself. i am a screenwriter, actor, student. i currently have an odd taylor swift obsession (it started ironic but it’s now a full on violent and unironic chokehold). i’m looking forward to making this pride a special one with you and your loved ones!
Victoria Watts
Victoria was born and raised in San Diego, California. Coming from a musical family, she had a love for music from the very beginning and wasted no time developing her musical passions. In college, she moved to the east coast to attend the Contemporary Music Center, a by-invitation artist colony, at which she acquired further skills in live performance, studio work, and songwriting. After a stint in Nashville, she moved to Philadelphia to play bass for Talain Rayne and guitar for Element K. Victoria now tours full time, both as a solo artist and the front woman of her full band show. She has been featured on Philadelphia’s Radio 104.5 and Delaware’s WSTW 93.7, as well as countless podcasts and publications. She has topped the Philadelphia pop charts on Reverbnation and was one of Rock on Philly Magazine’s finalists for artist of the year. Her passion for singing everything that she wants to say will drive her to write and perform music for as long as she is able. And she will always chase the impossible!