In the summer of 1982 he made a bold decision for the time to create an all-Latino ballroom house, in response to what was a nearly exclusive African American gay subculture.
In the summer of 1982 he made a bold decision for the time to create an all-Latino ballroom house Valenti, Chi Chi. The Face, September 1988, pgs.35-36, in response to what was a nearly exclusive African American gay subculture.