ated ▁the ▁pl ent iful ▁dance ▁" b att les " ▁that ▁occurred . ▁Ac company ing ▁dan cing , ▁occas ional ▁performances ▁were ▁held ▁on ▁stage ▁by ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁small ▁dance ▁companies , ▁per cussion ists , ▁and ▁local ▁house ▁music ▁entertain ers . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁The ▁dem ograph ics ▁of ▁the ▁crowd ▁consisted ▁of ▁both ▁young ▁and ▁older ▁gay , ▁straight , ▁bis ex ual , ▁and ▁trans sex ual ▁pe op les . ▁Although ▁many ▁races ▁and ▁eth nic ities ▁were ▁present , ▁a ▁dis pro port ion ate ▁number ▁of ▁Puerto ▁R ican ▁Americans ▁patron ized ▁the ▁party . ▁ ▁Cre ators ▁and ▁key ▁people ▁Ca fe , ▁as ▁many ▁called ▁it , ▁was ▁started ▁by ▁Joseph ▁Scott ▁Sher idan ▁( Jo ey ▁Sher idan ▁or ▁Jo ey ▁S .) ▁and ▁Na udio ▁Fel iz . ▁N umer ous ▁prom ot ers ▁and ▁hosts ▁affili ated ▁with ▁the ▁party ▁and ▁helped ▁maintain ▁the ▁unusual ▁divers ity , ▁in ▁particularly , ▁Lisa ▁Collins ▁and ▁D iane ▁Lloyd ▁( production ▁man agers ), ▁Will i ▁Nin ja , ▁At om , ▁E - man ▁( Manager ▁of ▁Sound ▁Factory ), ▁Louis ▁M ., ▁Y amil ▁X tra v ag anza , ▁Franklin ▁Fu entes , ▁Al onso ▁Sor iano , ▁and ▁Mal vin ▁Col on - R amos . ▁The ▁fashion ▁illustr ator , ▁Al var o , ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁the ▁party ▁from ▁the ▁beginning , ▁and ▁his ▁art work ▁appeared ▁on ▁most ▁inv itations ▁from ▁the