Queer Ancestor Spotlight: Angie Xtravaganza

The House of Xtravaganza, founded in 1982, is one of the most famous houses to emerge from the New York City ballroom scene. Originally founded by Hector Valle as an all-Latino house, Xtravaganza is now primarily composed of African American and Latino LGBTQ+ folks. Although Valle may have been the founder, an early member of the house would rise to leadership as “house mother” and shape its future , a Puerto Rican trans woman named Angie Xtravaganza.