Stuck in load screen after updating to FP Open OS 16.11

Could be both.
As @Heiner said, xposed v86 or older is incompatible with the November patch level. See here for details.

However, I also ran into problems earlier with installing old opengapps versions. And there was a GMS update recently, so this may cause troubles as well.

For this purpose I always download the latest opengapps and xposed versions before updating Open OS.