Hot Flash - Portland, July 23rd 2011

Portland loves to heat it up! DJ Wildfire set two hundred hot Ladies aflame to get down and flirty on the dance floor at July Hot Flash. Lighting up the night was a host of regulars and newcomers shakin', sizzlin', and settin' the house afire! Groovin' go-goes and the friendly faces of Hot Flash greeted the hawt and happy crowd gathered for the monthly meltdown of dolls, dames, dandies, dudettes and divas. The merciless mercury, hovering around 85 degrees, just fed fuel to the fiery Inferno of gyrating grrls and bodacious bois.

Following the dance, a host of Hot Flashers strolled down the street to take part in the Oregon State Gay Pride Organization's "We Are Not Afraid" March. The public protest had been quickly organized to draw attention to recent Hate Crimes taking the blush off the City of Roses quicker than a sudden hailstorm in June. Hot Flash Owner, Pauline Miriam, told news crews that the Event was a reminder of her own heyday of social activism with grassroots groups; then encouraged us all to join together to bring about the necessary changes that must be made to create public safety and equal rights for all. The Hot Flash party joined demonstrators marching the downtown core, shouting out, "We're Here. We're Queer! We won't live in fear!" Just a few hours later, and so underlining the deep need for timely Activism, yet another Hate Crime was committed against a couple walking arm-in-arm through Lovejoy Park in Downtown Portland.

Anyone attending a Hot Flash dance anywhere in America knows no fear... we love you here! See you all in August, Bebes... where we chance to dance, and prance... and show we love romance!

Blog entry by: Sunny Clark