Venus Xtravaganza, Paris is Burning (1990)
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Title
Venus Xtravaganza, Paris is Burning (1990)
Subject
Drag queens
Transgender women
Transgender people
Drag balls
Drag queens in motion pictures
Description
This image is a still shot from the 1990 film Paris is Burning. It posthumously portrays Venus Xtravaganza, a transgender performer living in New York City until her murder in 1988. Venus is one of the main character arcs in the film that exposed ball culture and gave popularity to many drag related terms that are currently used.
Creator
Craig Duffy
Source
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34937847@N05/19230391136
Publisher
Craig Duffy on Flickr
Date
Creation date: 2015-06-29
Contributor
Jeana Parker
Rights
This item is covered under the Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) license.
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Collection
Citation
Craig Duffy , “Venus Xtravaganza, Paris is Burning (1990),” House of Realness: The Library is Open, accessed December 22, 2024, https://lis5472.cci.fsu.edu/sp21/group2/items/show/11.