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Hot Flash Dances Portland Inferno, a dance exclusively for women and the trans community. The dances are held a couple time a month. They start early at 6pm. Low cover charge. The DJ plays fun dance music. The DJ takes requests for songs. http://www.hotflashdances.com/
Re: Huh? (Another Believer) Wikipedia frowns on phrases that are likely to be outdated, like "the present." Please see MOS:DATED. All I'm asking for is a WP:Cite that explains the date range. Something like, "since 2003, blah blah blah." with a citation, as required by WP policy. Thanks. GetSomeUtah (talk) 19:10, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I would support the inclusion of Oregon Bears on the page. It's sourced, and its not "remotely LGBT" - it's a gay group in PDX. Mention in this article is appropriate. --Kbabej (talk) 19:32, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I see no reasonable argument to keep mention of Oregon Bears off this page. The 20+ year NPO organizes large-scale events and represents a viable and visible sub-culture of Portland, and should be noted for posterity. I would venture to guess that media seems lacking, and that may be due to the fact that both LGBT newspapers shut down, in 2013 and 2017... Just Out, and PQ Monthly. Even the gay newsy websites seemed to be going down when I still lived there, which is thought to reflect the overall mainstreaming of LGBT culture in Portland (same reason there's no longer a lesbian bar in a notable LGBT city). Now I'm wondering why I also see no mention of another NPO (that likely intersects with the Bears), Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (http://portlandsisters.org/), a chapter of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. They are why I know of any of this... when you first see a group of big bears elaborately dressed as nuns running security for a major event, well, you just have to talk with them and find out more, right? I would like to add that the NPO Oregon Bears is much more significant than, say, Hotflash inferno dances, which is listed here, though is but a monthly for-profit dance party for women run by one couple (who bought the company from their bosses, another couple, the founders, who were retiring).AHampton (talk) 19:50, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]