Venus Xtravaganza

Born 22 May 1965 in Jersey City, NJ

Died 21 December 1988 (aged 23)

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.