What an amazing experiance to share with my son, while in Portland Oregon my son and I decided we should try to do something new and found an all ages night club. The club is named No Escape, and is run by the LGBT community. The doors opened at 11:00 p.m. and closes at 4:am. All the teens were friendly, I went to the restroom and when I came out my son had befriended four others. There were two dance floors and good dance music, with whimsical club lights and great seating and lounge areas. It didn’t matter if you were 14 or 60 all that mattered was dancing and talking. Very non judgemental crowd and extremely welcoming, well at 2:am the true fun began. The LGBT community put on a drag queen show. I heard all sorts of comments. Some of the teens didn’t know what was going on and ran around as if the club was on fire, others screamed that the hot girl they were looking at all night was a transgender but most just enjoyed the show. My son was amazed at how beautiful some of the queens were. He lined up with several other teens and tiped the performers. The music was showy the costumes seemed to light up the floor along with the theatrical smoke and colored lights. What a fun night and experiance to share. My son keeps in contact with the friends he met that night, and they all say I was a cool mom for dancing with them. I say they are the cool ones for excepting me, and enviting me to dance with them all. I would like to send out a Huge THANK YOU, to the LGBT community for providing such a positive outlet for these kids. It’s not just dancing and a drag show it is a lesson in diversity and exceptance. What a night.
Lisa