Venus Xtravaganza

Venus Xtravaganza
A still of Xtravaganza from Paris Is Burning
BornMay 5, 1965
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedDecember 21, 1988(1988-12-21) (aged 23)
Cause of deathStrangulation (murder)
OccupationPerformer
Years active1978 or 1979 – 1988
Notable workParis Is Burning

Venus Pellagatti Xtravaganza (May 5, 1965 – December 21, 1988)[1][2][3] was an American transgender woman.[4] She came to national attention after her appearance in Jennie Livingston's 1990 documentary film Paris Is Burning, in which her life as a ballroom family member and performer forms one of the film's several story arcs.

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  4. ^ Butler, Judith (1993). "Gender Is Burning: Questions of Appropriation and Subversion" (PDF). Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex". New York: Roudedge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-05-31.