This article features the life of Robert "Cyclona" Legorreta and his Fire of Life/El Fuego de la Vida Collection. In this article, the author critically deploys "homosexual" not only to capture Legorreta's self-identification but also to argue for the importance of "situated knowledges" about same-sex desire in relation to art, political action, popular culture, and cultural identity. His collection, Fire of Life/El Fuego de la Vida, charts his narrative from an accidental drag performer to perhaps one of the most largely unknown artists to sashay down Whittier Boulevard. It demonstrates his passion for collecting meaningful materials of the past and evidencing artifacts, objects, and memorabilia that symbolically represent the racist, anti-immigrant stereotypes plaguing Chicana/o and Mexican-"indigeno" manifestations in U.S. popular culture. As a primary source of original material, his archive speaks to the greater importance of Chicana/o cultural preservation and heritage and opens new scholarly possibilities for the study of Chicana/o social protest in Los Angeles. It also invites explorations of visual culture, reconsiderations of same-sex sexual practices, and examinations of experimental performance on stage, canvas, street, and gallery wall. (Contains 5 figures and 4 notes.)