I Am Divine

Harris Glenn Milstead, reborn as Divine, weaponizes his otherness. Schoolyard taunts for his size and demeanor fuel a radical reinvention in Baltimore's underground. Teaming with John Waters, he forges a fearless, exaggerated drag persona that defiantly smashes conventions of beauty, gender, and taste. From gritty stage performances to mainstream magazine covers, from dance club hits to roles in Hollywood comedies, his trajectory charts a meteoric rise from outsider to an icon for punks, drag queens, and social outcasts everywhere.