The past and present of Athens drag with Kellie Divine

WUGA | By Havivah Saltz

Published June 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT

On June 7th, Athens celebrated its annual Pride festival. While storms did shut down the Festival early, Athens showed up in support for Athens PrideFest 2025. — A drag performer in the Athens Showgirl Cabaret walks in the Athens Pride Parade on Saturday, June 3, 2023, in downtown Athens, Georgia. Athens Pride & Queer Collective held its second annual Pride parade through the streets of downtown Athens featuring local organizations and businesses to celebrate Pride month. (Photo/Katie Tucker katietuckermedia@gmail.com)

It’s June, and although the local Pride Parade has passed, Pride Month isn’t over yet. Miss Kellie Divine is a local drag queen and the founder and director of the Athens Showgirl Cabaret, a drag company which performs monthly at local venues. Kellie sat down with WUGA’s Havivah Saltz for Pride Month to discuss the history and present of drag in Athens.

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Havivah Saltz

Havivah Saltz has been with WUGA since 2023 as an on-air host and the producer for African Perspectives. She got her start in radio on WOBC FM at Oberlin College (class of ‘23), and she’s also an on-air host on Athens' Power 100.1 and Magic 102.1. Outside of work, you can find Havivah making art, writing fiction, practicing Japanese, petting her very round cat, and watching concerning amounts of TV.

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