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As the District tries to tackle LGBT youth homelessness, many are turning to
sex work and other illegal trades in order to survive
by Fallon Forbush
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I was five.
Cruz wound up at the Henry and William Evans Home for
Children in Winchester, Virginia. When she was 18, she ran away
and was eventually arrested for being homeless. She now faces the
threat of arrest every day by engaging in an illegal line of work.
Cruzs story is far from unique. Extreme levels of unemployment and poverty lead many LGBT individuals to become
involved in underground markets such as sex work in order
to survive.
Were always concerned about LGBT youth that are
involved in sex work, says Eddy Ameen, co-chair of the DC
Centers Youth Working Group. When you are homeless and
potentially even a minor, you can sell things like drugs or your
body, or beg for spare change.
Statistics show that LGBT youth homelessness is on the rise.
There are more than 7,000 people experiencing homelessness
in D.C., according to a January 2015 census. In August 2015,
another census counted everyone aged 24 and under experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. Two-fifths identified as
LGBTQ fifteen percent of whom also reported a family conflict due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Growing homelessness among the citys LGBTQ youth is
something Mayor Muriel Bowser is working to solve. Bowsers
commitment to ending homelessness, especially for LGBTQ
youth, started as a councilmember when she helped spearhead
2014s LGBTQ Homeless Youth Reform Amendment Act. It
required annual reports on addressing the needs of LGBTQ
homeless youth and stipulated that a minimum number of dedicated beds be made available.
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them and their well-being.
However, D.C.s homeless youth problem continues to grow
something many conflate with other jurisdictions failings in
LGBT matters. D.C. may be a haven for queer youth who run
away or dont have family to fall back on from more rural or
conservative places in our neighboring states, says DC Centers
Ameen.
A kid will get on a bus from Kansas and say, I heard that
D.C. is very progressive and helps LGBT youth. Can you help
me find a place to stay? says Sheila Alexander-Reid, director of
the Mayors Office of LGBTQ Affairs. Thats the reputation we
have in the country. Very few states have this commitment that
D.C. has to its LGBTQ community in general.
That reputation isnt always reflected in the experiences of
D.C.s LGBTQ youth. Discrimination in housing and employment still occurs, even though it is illegal, leading to a vicious
cycle of homelessness.
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FRIDAY, MAY 13
GAMMA, a confidential support
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FREE HIV TESTING, courtesy of The
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during Youth Pride. 12-5 p.m. Dupont
Circle NW (near intersection of 19th
and P Streets NW). For more information, visit thedccenter.org.
The DC Center hosts a gathering
for PARENTS OF THE API LGBTQ
COMMUNITY. Join them for a special afternoon to hear the stories of
Asian-American and South Asian
parents and their journeys toward
acceptance of their LGBT children.
1-3:30 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite
105. For more information, visit
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BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, including others interested in Brazilian culture, meets. For location/time, email
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DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practice
session at Hains Point, 972 Ohio Dr.,
SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visit swimdcac.org.
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BETHEL CHURCH-DC progressive
and radically inclusive church holds
services at 11:30 a.m. 2217 Minnesota
Ave. SE. 202-248-1895, betheldc.org.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST welcomes all
to 10:30 a.m. service, 945 G St. NW.
firstuccdc.org or 202-628-4317.
metro area. This group will be meeting once a month. For information on
location and time, visit H2gether.com.
Join LINCOLN CONGREGATIONAL
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CHURCH OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
services at 11 a.m., led by Rev. Emma
Chattin. Childrens Sunday School, 11
a.m. 10383 Democracy Lane, Fairfax.
703-691-0930, mccnova.com.
GLBT fellowship, offers gospel worship, 8:30 a.m., and traditional worship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas Circle NW.
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the church. Services 9:15 and 11:15
a.m. 10309 New Hampshire Ave.
uucss.org.
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in Dupont/Logan Circle area, 6:30 p.m.
afwash@aol.com, afwashington.net.
testing and STI screening and treatment every Tuesday. 5-6:30 p.m.
Rainbow Tuesday LGBT Clinic,
Alexandria Health Department, 4480
King St. 703-746-4986 or text 571-2149617. james.leslie@inova.org.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUSLGBT
focused meeting every Tuesday, 7
p.m. St. Georges Episcopal Church,
915 Oakland Ave., Arlington, just
steps from Virginia Square Metro. For
more info. call Dick, 703-521-1999.
Handicapped accessible. Newcomers
welcome. liveandletliveoa@gmail.com.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
BOOKMEN DC, an informal mens
gay-literature group, discusses Our
Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian
and Gay Writing from the Antilles,
edited by Thomas Glave. 7:30 p.m. DC
Center, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.
All are welcome. bookmendc.blogspot.
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positives.
The Internet provided a portal to possibility, helping Grimm
realize that the female body he was assigned at birth was conflicting with his true identity. It was a feeling that had existed
since he was young, but Grimm had never had the language to
express it until he saw anime cosplayer twinfools transition
from female to male.
It was so magical to me, Grimm says. It was the first time
Id seen anything represented in media, or in my life whatsoever,
that suggested that people could change gender. And I saw the
video and thought, This is an option.
The experience was liberating. As a child growing up in rural
Gloucester County, Va., Grimm struggled to fit in, never quite
adhering to peoples expectations of how he should behave. He
mostly hung out with boys and preferred masculine activities,
but had a hard time making friends, and there were periods
where he was very isolated. During those lonely times, he found
an outlet in the game Pokmon, which he also credits with helping find his identity.
Its a role-playing game, so I could play as one of two players,
male or female. From the start, I dont think Ive had a copy of
the game where I wasnt playing as the boy character, Grimm
says. Early on, I rationalized it: Oh, it looks cooler.
That was a bridge to self-expression, because when wed
go to the store, there werent any Pokmon shirts in the girls
section, he continues. So Id be like, I want to go over here.
They have Pokmon shirts. Ill just get one or two. And then,
very gradually, that evolved to me just going straight to the boys
section. I wouldnt even entertain the thought of going to the
girls section.
Initially raised Southern Baptist, the now-atheist Grimm
struggled with a long, arduous coming out process, both to himself and, later, to his family. He first told a trusted aunt, and then
his mother, who told him she loved him, but also wanted him
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four old broom closets that had been hastily configured into unisex bathrooms. And unlike what school board members claimed,
all of the bathrooms were unusable for four or five school days
after the vote. Grimm refused to use them, instead opting for the
bathroom in the nurses office.
With the help of lawyers from the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU), Grimm sued the Gloucester County School
Board. His lawsuit claimed the school had violated Title IX and
the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Although a
federal judge threw out part of his lawsuit and refused to grant
Grimm an injunction to use the boys restroom, it was eventually
fully restored by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which
ruled that lower courts should consider Title IXs protections
against sex discrimination to apply to transgender students.
Part of me was relieved, because it felt like things were
finally coming to a close, that these two years of my life were
finally coming to the head that Id been waiting for from the very
start of it, Grimm says of the 4th Circuits decision. My life has
essentially stopped because of this. Everything I do now is with
regards to whats going on now. When I make doctors appointments, I have to make sure I dont have any legal anything Ive
got to do, or any interviews, or whatever. It consumed my life,
and still is consuming my life.
While Grimms lawsuit must still be decided on its merits,
the 4th Circuits decision represented a major victory for both
Grimm and the larger transgender community. And, if the courts
decide that Gloucester Countys restroom policy is unconstitutional, it could have far-reaching ramifications, including affecting anti-trans laws in other states. The possibility of having a
positive impact or a chance to make others lives easier means a
great deal to Grimm.
I know what Ive been through, and I wouldnt wish it on my
worst enemy, says Grimm, who, on the advice of his laywers,
was not permitted to discuss the lawsuit in detail. I genuinely
cant think of a single person I would want to go through this.
That I have the opportunity to ensure that, hopefully, fewer kids
or anybody will have to go through this in the future, makes
me feel good about what Ive done. Because this isnt something
anyone deserves to face.
METRO WEEKLY: Tell me about your family.
GAVIN GRIMM: I live with my twin brother, and my mom and dad.
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a kid was that I would frequently insist that I was the same as
my twin brother. That was my wording: Im the same as him,
Im the same as him! And there was a very long period of time
where I wasnt cognizant of the differences in our sexes. I just
thought we were the same. I knew people treated us differently,
but I knew that I was like him. And people just took it to mean,
Youre a tomboy, or whatever. I knew that it wasnt what I was
getting at, but I didnt know how to more correctly articulate
what I was feeling.
MW: When you were younger, did you generally gravitate towards
boy things or traditionally masculine activities?
GRIMM: By and large, the activities I chose involved me spending
my time out in the woods. I was climbing trees, or messing with
bugs or snakes that probably should have been left alone. Or I
would play Army. I can remember many fights I had with my
brother, because he wanted to make me the medic, because I
was the only girl there. And I was like, Absolutely not. Im not
being the medic. Ill shoot you with my fake gun and now youre
dead. Those kind of kid squabbles, but it was something important to me. Like, I dont know why youre asking me to be the
medic, because theres nothing about me that would imply that
I should be. So I did gravitate more towards masculine things.
The other thing is, my grandmother used to make my clothes
when I was a lot younger. And so I had very specific rules for
what clothing she could make. It was: no frills, no sparkles, no
sequins, no pink, later on, no purple, just nothing overtly feminine. Those were my solid rules. If she made it, I wouldnt wear
it. Or Id wear it once or twice to be grateful, and then, itd go to
the back of my closet to rot there.
MW: When did you begin presenting fully as a boy?
GRIMM: I was dressing 100 percent male, barring when I was
forced to do otherwise, since I was 11 or 12. My mother was
still pushing for feminine clothing it was mostly T-shirts,
but anything beyond that was fairly androgynous. Even at that
time, I can remember very vividly, I still had long hair, and the
clothing I was wearing wasnt from the boys section, and wasnt
overly feminine, but was clearly from the girls section. And
some younger kids, like first- or second-graders, asked me if I
was a boy or girl. Even though appearance-wise, I was feminine,
I guess my mannerisms werent.
MW: Were you ever bullied or teased about that?
GRIMM: I was bullied and teased a lot. I dont know that Ive been
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secret. He was the only person that knew until that point. And
then I implied it to all my friends. After Christmas break or
spring break, I didnt come back, because the anxiety and the
dysphoria and the depression was getting so bad that I couldnt
function in school. And then when I came back in the sophomore
year, I had fully transitioned over the summer.
MW: Did you ever see a therapist?
GRIMM: I had a therapist who was awful. Just god-awful. This
woman was not professional. I came out to her. First of all, the
struggle with religion was very prevalent in my life at the time
I was seeing her, and she refused to let me talk about it. She
was very, very obviously religiously biased, and when youre a
therapist, you cannot let that influence your care. It wasnt even
a Christian place. It was not religiously oriented at
all. She refused to let me speak. Shed stop me, and
say, You dont have to explain yourself, or say, I
get it. She wouldnt let me say it. I told her that I
was transgender, and she just absolutely would not
use correct gender pronouns. Shed tell me, Well,
since your mom doesnt know, I cant do that. And
Id say, Thats not on the books anywhere. I know
thats not a rule here. But she was not supportive at
all. At that point, I stopped seeing her. I just told my
mom I didnt like her. The next therapist I got was a
gender therapist.
MW: And did that person help you?
GRIMM: Yeah, I didnt need counseling at that point. I
didnt need counseling from her. What I needed was
a letter to say, Get this kid on hormones ASAP. And
thats what I got. My dysphoria was so bad at that
point and it varies from doctor to doctor, most will
see a kid a couple of times before writing a letter
but I got in there, and at the end of that first session,
she was writing the letter. Which was all I needed
from her. Because at that point, she was so far away
from us, we had to drive so far to find a gender
therapist, about an hour every time, to Richmond.
It wasnt feasible to see her for therapy when there are so many
people close by, but she was the closest one that would have
written any recommendation letter or anything like that, at the
time. So she was helpful in that respect.
MW: So by the time you entered your sophomore year, you were
identifying and presenting as male, and going to the school administrators and explaining your transition, correct?
GRIMM: Yes.
MW: What was the initial reaction?
GRIMM: My principal was awesome. He was so supportive. I
went to him beforehand, and I told him, This is whats going
on, and Id like to make sure Im respected here, and to change
my records and everything. And he said, I assure you, in my
school, youre not going to get flak from teachers. And if any
bullying should occur, it will not continue to occur if you report
it. I didnt immediately ask to use the boys room, I actually
asked to use the nurses restroom, because I was very fearful
about how Id be received. No incidents whatsoever. I was not
received poorly at all. Well, I dont want to say not at all no
one really teased me or anything about it. I got some confusion,
but I mostly ignored that, and no one really called me names or
anything like that. Just staring and whispering and whatever,
but nothing to indicate to me that I should be scared to use the
restroom. And so I went to my principal and said, Can I use the
[boys] restroom? And he said, I dont really have a reason to
say no, so well say yes and see how it goes. Of course, it wasnt
Its not like I woke up one day, cut my hair, and said, Im
going into the boys room. It was a long process. I had a medical
diagnosis. I had shown evidence of social transition for definitely
longer than a year. I had my parents behind me, saying, Hes
a boy. Heres the medical documentation. Hes about to be on
hormones, all that stuff. So it was very obvious that this had all
been done in a very medical context, which is how it should be.
No boy is going to be able to wake up, slap on a wig and a bow,
and say Im a girl. Thats not how it happens. Common sense
would be that someone has to have a diagnosis. Somebody would
obviously have to be socially transitioning for a while. And someone would probably have to be under the care of a therapist. And
no boy that wants to molest a girl is going to be able to get a let-
you should do the right thing. That got them to postpone the
vote until December. Not a single person spoke for me, except
for the people who came with me. I feel like, in our absence, they
would have just voted then and there.
MW: How many people spoke on your behalf at the second meeting?
GRIMM: Well, the people who came with me, again. And one or
two people spoke rather ambiguously. One or two spoke for me.
And then hordes of people spoke against me, all saying virtually
the same thing, including a security guard at my school, who
wouldnt you know it? was a pastor.
MW: What was their argument?
GRIMM: Were worried about your safety, from a couple of
them. The minority pretended to care about my safety. And then,
quite a few of them were like, If youre a girl in the bathroom
with boys, I know how I was when I was a young man. Which
is a rather disconcerting statement to make. So there was a lot
of Hell get raped, or, more specifically, I know that boys are
rapists, which is a really ludicrous, blanket statement to make.
It was painting all boys in the school as rapists. If youve got a
rapist in the school, youve got bigger problems. It was really
strange. The other arguments I heard were, The boys dont
want a girl in there. I have facial hair, so if theyre uncomfortable with someone like me in the restroom, theyve got deeperseated problems. And the other one was, What if a boy goes into
the girls room to molest women? Which is really stupid. It was
a slippery slope argument.
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110 IN THE SHADE
AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER
Over 20 American folk and spiritual songs factor into Frank Higgins
story inspired by the real-life discovery of Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter
by folklorist John Lomax. Sandra
Holloway directs this MetroStage
production featuring Roz White as
Alberta Pearl Johnson and Teresa
Castracane as Susannah Mullally. To
May 29. MetroStage, 1201 North Royal
St., Alexandria. Tickets are $55. Call
800-494-8497 or visit metrostage.org.
Unresolved Chord
Persistent Memory
Nima Veiseh utilizes his exceptional memory to produce thought-provoking art
N
IMA VEISEH ISNT GAY, BUT HE CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT ITS LIKE
to come of age and feel different from the norm.
Its quite often that we struggle to understand a lot of ourselves, Veiseh says.
We rely so much on the environment and the reference frames of others around us.
In Veisehs case, his struggle was with hyperthymesia, an extremely rare, advanced autobiographical memory condition. It allows him to remember every day of my life as if it were a
film. Now 31, Veiseh was 15 when he developed hyperthymesia, which affects about 50 people
in the world. From the moment he fell in love for the first time, Veiseh remembers everything
although it took another few years before he fully realized that his memory was far from typical. While the average memory half-life is about four to seven days, Veisehs is several decades.
His exceptional memory fueled Veisehs interest in becoming an artist. Imagine if you happen to remember every painting on every wall in every gallery you visited, he says. In a lot of
ways that was an accidental graduate degree in art. Veiseh has since formally studied art and
technology at MIT, Georgetown and Columbia universities, developing his own body of work
including the pieces of a new show TimeFrames organized by local presenter ArtSee. Logan
Circles Fathom Gallery will exhibit the show next Thursday, May 19.
Veiseh is touted as the only person in the world attempting to translate his perspective on
life and memory into art specifically, colorful, abstract mixed-media works created through
an extensive layering process. Its a core feature of his music-inspired series The Unresolved
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Theater J presents the regional premiere of Dan OBriens breathtakingly provocative drama, based on a
true story, about the friendship that
develops between a playwright and a
photographer and traverses Rwanda,
Afghanistan and the Canadian Arctic.
Jose Carrasquillo directs a production
featuring Eric Hissom and Thomas
Keegan. Pride Night is Thursday,
May 12, at 7:30 p.m. Runs to May
22. The Aaron and Cecile Goldman
Theater, Washington, D.C.s Jewish
Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW.
Call 202-777-3210 or visit theaterj.org.
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MUSIC
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GERARD PANGAUD:
CLASSIC FRENCH COOKING
The man behind the former D.C. restaurant Gerards Place and now chef
at Malmaison on the Georgetown
Waterfront, Gerard Pangaud was the
youngest chef ever to receive a twostar Michelin rating (for his namesake
French restaurant prior to moving
to the U.S.). At the Hill Center on
Capitol Hill he offers another Art of
French Cooking class, predicated on
his approach in the kitchen emphasizing the creative and unique over the
rote and standard in other words,
winging it versus relying on a recipe.
For this class Pangaud demonstrates
how to make a bouillabaisse of monkfish Marseillaise, crispy sweetbread
with wild mushrooms and roasted
garlic sauce, and a tart crumble with
rhubarb and strawberries. Saturday,
May 14, at 11 a.m. Hill Center, Old Navy
Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE.
Cost is $85. Call 202-549-4172 or visit
HillCenterDC.org.
LA-TI-DO
Nearly 40 extraordinary historic properties throughout Maryland are featured on this annual tour, now in its
79th year. The pilgrimage has raised
more than $1 million over its many
years for the preservation and restoration of architecturally significant
properties in the state. The tour showcases homes in stages by county, with
remaining stops in: Talbot County,
with eight grand and gracious homes,
including five waterfront estates on
the Eastern Shore, on Saturday, May
14; Baltimore County, with a focus
on the rarely accessed, late-18th century village of Monkton, on Sunday,
May 17; and Charles County, with
eight properties including a veterans
museum and three homes predating
the Revolutionary War, on Saturday,
May 28. Tickets are $30 in advance,
$35 day-of. Call 410-821-6933 or visit
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Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple TVs
showing movies, shows,
sports Expanded craft beer
selection Music videos
featuring DJ Wess
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $6 Call Martini,
$3 Miller Lite, $4 Rail, $5
Call, 4-9pm $3 Rail Drinks,
10pm-midnight, $5 Red
Bull, Gatorade and Frozen
Virgin Drinks Locker Room
Thursday Nights DJs Sean
Morris and MadScience
Best Package Contest at
midnight, hosted by BaNaka
$200 Cash Prize Doors
open 10pm, 18+ $5 Cover
under 21 and free with college ID
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
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DC EAGLE
Doors open at 5pm Happy
Hour, 5-8pm $2 Bud and
Bud Light Draughts, $3
Domestic Bottles, $4 Rail
and Import Bottle Beer, $6
Call Strip Down Thursdays
Happy Hour starts with
shirtless men drink free rail
and domestic, 5-8pm Men
in jocks drink free rail and
domestic, 10pm-12am DJ
Kudjo starts spinning, 9pm1am Highwaymen TNT
host Hot Jock Night Hot
Jock Contest at 11:30pm
cash and prizes for winner of
best jock No Cover 21+
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Crazy Hour, 4-7pm
Karaoke, 8pm
JR.S
All You Can Drink for $15,
GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour, 4-9pm Ladies
Drink Free Power Hour,
4-5pm Shirtless Thursday,
10-11pm DJs BacK2bACk
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of Illusion Bottomless
Mimosas and Bloody Marys
Happy Hour: $3 Miller
Lite, $4 Rail, $5 Call, 4-9pm
NYC Takes Over DC,
featuring DJ Steve Sidewalk
and DJ Mikey Mo, 10pmclose Doors open 10pm
$7 cover before midnight,
$10 cover after 21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 4-6pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Doors open at 8pm Happy
Hour, 8-10pm $2 Bud
and Bud Light Draughts, $3
Domestic Bottles, $4 Rail
and Import Bottle Beer, $6
Call Highwaymen TNT on
Club Bar $2 Draughts
and Jello Shots, 9pm-2am
BootBlack: Girl Amelia on
duty, 9:30pm No Cover
21+ DCs Hottest Dance
Party until 8am 3rd Floor
Exile - $20 pre-sale/$25 at
door Visit disriktc.ticketleap.com/omwtour
FREDDIES BEACH BAR
Drag Queen Broadway
Brunch, 10am-3pm
Starring Freddies Broadway
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SHAWS TAVERN
Bottomless Mimosas, 10am3pm Happy Hour, 5-7pm
TOWN
Patio open 2pm DC
Rawhides host Town &
Country: Two-Step, Line
Dancing, Waltz and West
Coast Swing, $5 Cover to
stay all night Doors open
6:30pm, Lessons 7-8pm,
Open dance 8-10:50pm
Dirty Pop with DJ Drew G
Music and videos with DJ
Wess downstairs Derrick
Barry of RuPauls Drag Race
performs in the Drag Show
Derrick Barry Meet and
Greet, 9pm $20 Cover for
Meet and Greet Tickets
available online at Flavorus.
com Drag Show starts at
10:30pm Hosted by Lena
Lett and featuring Miss
Tatianna, Shi-Queeta-Lee,
Riley Knoxx and BaNaka
Doors open 10pm $12
Cover 21+
TRADE
1410 14th St. NW
Doors open 2pm Huge
Happy Hour: Any drink
normally served in a cocktail
glass served in a huge glass
for the same price, 2-10pm
Beer and wine only $4
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
Men of Secrets, 9pm
Guest dancers Ladies
of Illusion with host Ella
Fitzgerald Doors at 9 p.m.,
first show at 11:30 p.m.
DJs Doors open 8pm
Cover 21+
SUN., 05.15.16
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 3-9pm Multiple TVs
showing movies, shows,
sports Expanded craft beer
selection No Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
$4 Stoli, Stoli flavors and
Miller Lite all day First
Lady Continental Pageant
Doors open 11pm 21+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 2-6pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Doors open at 12pm $2
Bud and Bud Light Draughts
all day and night, $3
Domestic Bottles, $4 Rail
and Import Bottle Beer, $6
Call Highwaymen TNT
Anniversary Cookout and
MON., 05.16.16
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple TVs
showing movies, shows,
sports Expanded craft beer
selection No Cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Small Plates, $4 Stella
Artois, $4 House Wines,
$4 Stolichnaya Cocktails,
$4 Manhattans and Vodka
Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Monday Nights A Drag,
hosted by Kristina Kelly
Doors open at 10pm $3
Skyy Cocktails, $8 Skyy and
Red Bull $8 Long Islands
No Cover, 18+
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
DC EAGLE
Doors open at 5pm Happy
Hour, 5-8pm Free Pool
all day and night Endless
Happy Hour prices to anyone
in a DC Eagle T-Shirt $1
TRADE
1410 14th St. NW
Doors open 5pm Huge
Happy Hour: Any drink
normally served in a cocktail
glass served in a huge glass
for the same price, 5-10pm
Beer and wine only $4
TUES., 05.17.16
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple TVs
showing movies, shows,
sports Expanded craft beer
selection No Cover
ANNIES
4@4 Happy Hour, 4-7pm
$4 Stella Artois, $4 House
Wines, $4 Stolichnaya
Cocktails, $4 Manhattans
and Vodka Martinis
COBALT/30 DEGREES
DJ Honey Happy Hour:
$2 Rail, $3 Miller Lite, $5
Call, 4-9pm SIN Service
Industry Night, 10pm-close
$1 Rail Drinks all night
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
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Open 6pm Yappy Hour
Bring Your Dogs $4 Drinks
and Draughts
DC9
1940 9th St. NW
Happy Hour, 5-8pm
dcnine.com
TRADE
1410 14th St. NW
Doors open 5pm Huge
Happy Hour: Any drink
normally served in a cocktail
glass served in a huge glass
for the same price, 5-10pm
Beer and wine only $4
WED., 05.18.16
9 1/2
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm Multiple TVs
showing movies, shows,
sports Expanded craft beer
selection No Cover
COBALT/30 DEGREES
Happy Hour: $2 Rail, $3
Miller Lite, $5 Call, 4-9pm
Wednesday Night Karaoke,
hosted by Miss India Larelle
Houston, 10pm-2am $4
Stoli and Stoli Flavors and
Miller Lite all night No
Cover 21+
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GREEN LANTERN
Happy Hour all night long,
4pm-close
JR.S
Buy 1, Get 1 Free, 4-9pm
Trivia with MC Jay Ray,
8pm The Feud: Drag
Trivia, hosted by BaNaka,
10-11pm, with a $200 prize
$2 JR.s Drafts and $4
Vodka ($2 with College ID or
JR.s Team Shirt)
NELLIES SPORTS BAR
SmartAss Trivia Night, 8pm
and 9pm Prizes include bar
tabs and tickets to shows at
the 9:30 Club $15 Buckets
of Beer for SmartAss Teams
only Bring a new team
member and each get a free
$10 Dinner
NUMBER NINE
Happy Hour: 2 for 1 on any
drink, 5-9pm No Cover
SHAWS TAVERN
Happy Hour, 4-7pm Piano
Bar Second Floor, 8pm-close
TOWN PATIO
Open 6pm $4 drinks and
draughts, 5-9pm Nashville
Wednesdays: Pop-Country
music and line dancing, with
line dancing lessons from DC
Rawhides every other week
TRADE
1410 14th St. NW
Doors open 5pm Huge
Happy Hour: Any drink
normally served in a cocktail
glass served in a huge glass
for the same price, 5-10pm
Beer and wine only $4
ZIEGFELDS/SECRETS
All male, nude dancers
Shirtless Night, 10-11pm,
12-12:30am Military
Night, no cover with military
ID DJ Don T. in Secrets
9pm Cover 21+ l
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