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Pearl Offers Health
The staff at the Pearl Health Center wants the
Portland sexual minorities community to know
they’re here and they’re queer-friendly. They offer
an integrated, holistic approach to medicine,
according to marketing director Nina Bingham,
who is a lesbian.
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“We’ve got both Western and alternative
medicine, which is pretty unique. Where one
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approach may not work, we try another—all in one
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Eduardo Del Rosario, who is gay, has experience
munity in East Los Angeles as well as hospice and
home health care experience. “1 have worked
with a variety of personalities of various genders
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Pauline Miriam of Hot Flash Dances holds an
announcement for When Angels Dance, a New
Year's Eve benefit event.
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and social classes,” he said. Del Rosario, who is
involved with Sparkle Harder, a group that does
Broadway-style performances at places like the
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White Eagle and Lola’s Room, said he is here for
members of the community who might feel
uncomfortable going to a practitioner who is not
gay. “1 hope the community will know they have
an open, gay-friendly and nondiscriminatory
choice available.”
Much can be treated appropriately with primary
Southern Oregon Gets Hot Flashes
Pauline Miriam, creator and promoter of Hot
Flash Dances, has rapidly swelling business plans.
With the success of dances aimed at lesbians 56
and older in Portland and Seattle, Hot Flash is
investigating a new market: Southern Oregon.
care, mental health services, Chinese medicine,
Lesbians 30 and older (and the women who
naturopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine and
love them) will s<x>n he able to mix and dance to
massage therapy. “I think Western, Eastern and
tunes from the ’70s and ’80s in Eugene. The dance
naturopathic medicine are all complimentary. There
is meant to attract women from several other
are diseases or chronic problems where Western
Southern Oregon towns—including Corvallis,
medicine isn’t the only answer,” said 1VI Rosario.
Ashland, Newport, Grant’s Pass and Lincoln
According to Bingham, the group helps moti­
City—who have commuted to support Hot Flash
vate the community to make positive health care
Dances in Portland. Miriam secured a venue and
changes, teaches self-care practices and increases
decided to keep the price of admission the same
awareness of overall health. “We’re looking at
($8), hut at this stage she considers the endeavor a
people from a holistic perspective because our
tentative one to test the market. The first event is
world is diverse and we have to respond to that
from 6 to 10 p.m. March 10.
correctly.”
Hot Flash successfully expanded to Seattle
Two upcoming events exemplify Pearl Health
eight months ago and, according to Miriam, h*as a
Center’s integrative approach. Beginning Feb. 12,
following of approximately 800 women. Hot Flash
the clinic offers a six-week natural weight-loss
also has plans to go nationwide in the summer or
program led by a naturopathic physician and a psy­
fall, with events in Philadelphia and New York.
chologist. The group hosts the Pearl winter health
In Portland, Hot Flash is changing venues
and wellness fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 24 at
because it has outgrown its space and needs to
Northwest Ninth Avenue and Johnson Street. Ten
expand with later dance hours. The Hot Flash
of the Pearl District’s health care businesses—
Dance planned for Jan. 27 will be at hetero-owned
including a holistic grocer, a women’s clinic, den­
Barracuda, 9 N.W. Second Ave., which can hold up
tal offices, a yoga studio, a fitness company and a
to 1,400 people. The dance is at a later time, from 5
spa and salon—will join the Pearl Health Center
to 9 p.m. In celebration of Hot Flash’s third anniver­
team. Free samples, food, massages, blood pressure
sary, Portland burlesque troupe Le Grande Q Revue,
checks and discounts will be available.
featuring Sahara Dunes, will perform.
Another plan in the works
is a cocktail hour for lesbians 21
and older from 5 to 9 p.m.
Fridays beginning in March or
April. A venue has not yet been
selected, hut the event, tenta­
tively
called
Gimlets
N’
Garters, is expected to feature
live entertainment.
A New Year’s Eve event
called Where Angels Dance
drew in nearly 300 lesbians'
between the ages of 30 and 65,
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Nina Bingham and Eduardo Del Rosario of Pearl Health Center
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