Venus Xtravaganza

Birthday: May 22nd, 1965 Date of Death: December 21st, 1988 Place of Birth: Jersey City, NJ

Venus Xtravaganza was an American transgender performer. She came to national attention after her appearance in Jennie Livingston's 1990 documentary film Paris Is Burning, in which her life as a trans woman forms one of the film's several story arcs.