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10 LGBTQ events this week
Con Acento, Drag Underground, DC Center Celebration among highlights
Below are our picks for some of the most fun and creative things to do this week in the DMV that are of special interest to the LGBTQ community.
Queer Trivia with the Mistresses
Wednesday, April 12
7-9 p.m.
Dew Drop Inn
2801 8th Street, N.E.
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Have fun with friends with a game of Queer Trivia led by the Mistresses at the Dew Drop Inn on Wednesday.
DC Center Spring Cocktail Celebration
Thursday, April 13
6-8:30 p.m.
Dupont Underground
19 Dupont Circle, N.W.
$20-$50
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The DC Center for the LGBT Community is holding a fundraiser cocktail reception at Dupont Underground on Thursday. The Spring Cocktail Celebration will raise funds to support The DC Center’s upcoming relocation and new space renovation.
Trans+/Queer Empowerment Boxing Classes
Friday, April 14
6-7 p.m.
Healey Family Student Center
3700 Tondorf Road, N.W.
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Need to build some camaraderie and empowerment? Try Trans/Queer+ Boxing classes on Friday.
The Vernonza Extravaganza lip sync battle
Thursday, April 13
8 p.m.
Dupont Italian Kitchen
1637 17th Street, N.W.
21+
Watch a lip sync battle at Dupont Italian Kitchen on Thursday.
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 Viewing Parties
Friday, April 14
JR.’s Bar
8-9 p.m.
1519 17th Street, N.W.
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Bunker
7-10:30 p.m.
2001 14th Street, N.W.
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Citrine leads the weekly viewing party with this special finale night on Friday at JR.’s. Or check out the episode at Bunker with special guest Carson Kressley with host Naomi Thee Ratchet.
Drag Underground
Friday, April 14
8:30-10 p.m.
Dupont Underground
19 Dupont Circle, N.W.
$15-$20
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Back by popular demand, the Washington Blade presents Drag Underground on Friday with performers Cake Pop!, Rico Pico, Desiree Dik and Sasha Adams Sanchez.
Disabled Delight: All Disabled Drag Show
Friday, April 14
9 p.m.
Red Bear Brewing Company
209 M Street, N.E.
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Go to Red Bear Brewing Company on Friday to support an all-disabled drag show hosted by Neuro Cosmos, featuring Artemis The Demon, Thunderboi Tsai and Ricky Rosé.
AQUA DC’s 25th Anniversary
Saturday, April 15
6-9 p.m.
Kiki
915 U Street, N.W.
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AQUA celebrates 25 years of “building community and advocacy work for the queer and trans API community in the DMV area” with a party on Saturday at Kiki.
Freddie’s Follies
Saturday, April 15
9 p.m.
Freddie’s Beach Bar
555 23rd Street S
Arlington, Va.
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Destiny B. Childs leads the storied Freddie’s Follies at Freddie’s Beach Bar in Arlington on Saturday.
Con Acento: Selena Tribute
Saturday, April 15
9:30 p.m.
JR.’s Bar
1519 17th Street, N.W.
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It’s the monthly Latinx dance party and drag show at JR.’s Bar on Saturday. It’s always a lively time.
Electric Rainbow: Saved by the Bell
Sunday, April 16
4-8 p.m.
The Backroom at Capo Deli
715 Florida Avenue, N.W.
$5
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Fish out your ripped jeans and muscle shirts for a throwback “Saved by the Bell” party on Sunday.
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Washington Improv Theatre hosts ‘The Queeries’
Event to celebrate queer DMV talent and pop culture camp
The Washington Improv Theatre, along with the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, will team up to host “The Queeries!” on Friday, April 26 at 9:30 p.m. at Studio Theatre.
The event will celebrate Queer DMV talent and pop culture camp. With a mixture of audience-submitted nominations and blatantly undemocratically declared winners, “The Queeries!” mimics LGBTQ life itself: unfair, but far more fun than the alternative.
The event will be co-hosted by Birdie and Butchie, who have invited some of their favorite bent winos, D.C. “D-listers,” former Senate staffers, and other stars to sashay down the lavender carpet for the selfie-strewn party of the year.
Tickets are just $15 and can be purchased on WITV’s website.
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Drag Underground returns
Indiana Bones, Bombalicious Eklaver, Shi-Queeta Lee, Cake Pop! to perform
Dupont Underground and the Washington Blade have teamed up to host “Drag Underground” on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Dupont Underground.
Performers include Indiana Bones, Bombalicious Eklaver, Shi-Queeta Lee and Cake Pop.
Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased on Eventbrite.
The annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner is set for Saturday, April 27 at the Washington Hilton with Colin Jost serving as emcee.
President Biden is scheduled to speak and numerous celebrities are expected around D.C. all weekend for related parties and events.
The Washington Blade is the only LGBTQ outlet that is a member of the Association and is hosting a table of VIPs, including actor Billy Porter and Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).
“We look forward to the Dinner each year to celebrate our press freedoms and to thank a range of allies and supporters for their work on behalf of the LGBTQ movement,” said Blade Editor Kevin Naff.
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