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TransGriot Ten Questions Interview-Carmen Xtravaganza

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Source Summary

What can I say about the person I’m about to have the pleasure of doing this Ten Questions interview with? She’s an actress, runway model and legendary house mother of the legendary international House of Xtravaganza. She’s in the iconic documentary Paris Is Burning and How Do I Look, and has led a fascinating life as well that she’s contemplating writing a book about (and should). It’s time to ask Carmen Xtravaganza the TransGriot’s Ten Questions. 1. You’re originally born in Rota, Spain because your father was in the military. How much moving around did you do as a child and when did you realize you were meant to be Carmen? CX-We did a lot of moving as a child. My Dad was stationed in a lot of different naval bases around the world. My parents had split up when I was a very small child but they both shared

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Community significance

“TransGriot Ten Questions Interview-Carmen Xtravaganza” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to community and organizing, while also engaging transgender identity and history. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2013 at Transadvocate.com, “TransGriot Ten Questions Interview-Carmen Xtravaganza” provides dated evidence of how community and organizing was being argued in relation to transgender identity and history. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

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“TransGriot Ten Questions Interview-Carmen Xtravaganza” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with community and organizing. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for transgender identity and history.

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Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
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Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
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Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
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Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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Monica Roberts

Cristan Williams · collective-demo.transhouston.com · February 16, 2014

TransGriot Ten Questions Interview-Carmen Xtravaganza

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monica_roberts

74 publications · 88 inbound sources/citations