On this day in 1945, a little drag queen named Divine (aka Glenn Milstead) was born. 21 years later she made her fabulous debut in the John Waters short film Roman Candles.
I first heard of her while in high school rehearsal for South Pacific when Josh Conkel (the only other broadway kid I knew at the time, but who was actually comfortable talking about it...even if it did take him until the fall after graduation to come out) made some comment about how a situation was Pink Flamingo's-esk and how "Divine was rolling over in her enoromous grave."
While she's no longer with us I'm sure Divine, along Leigh Bowery and so many others are having a blast celebrating her 62nd birthday and doing the biggest bump of coke in the universe.
HURRAY!
