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GLBT-FRIENDLY FREEBIES
- Make sure your voice is on-key for the Monday night Showtunes Sing-a-Long at JR's Bar and Grill. Entry is free, and pints are just $3 from 9pm-closing.
- Head over to the up-and-coming Atlas District in Northeast DC. Stop into H St. Country Club and enjoy a game of skeeball or indoor mini golf. Catch part of the 8-week skeeball tournament when Budweiser beer is just $3 and margaritas are only $5.
- Catch some rays on a sunny day at East Potomac or Meridian Hill Park.
- Grab your cowboy boots and hat and head to Remingtons, where Monday two-step and Wednesday line dancing lessons are just $5/person. And for a taste of how the professionals do it, visit the bar at 10pm on the third Friday of the month to see the DC Cowboys (an all-male group of line dancers) kick-up their heels during a high-energy performance.
- Get your dose of history with a visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to learn about the dangers of unchecked hatred. While you're there, pay special attention to the section that addresses the Nazis' persecution of homosexuals.
- Don't want to stray from your workout routine while in DC? Join D.C. Front Runners, a running, walking and social club that meets at 9:30am every Saturday at 23rd & P Sts for a brisk walk, or 10am for a fun run followed by socializing.
- Check out DC Eagle on Friday nights, where if you're shirtless, you get to shoot pool for free on Saturdays from 4-8pm.
- Hang with a predominantly African-American crowd at The Fireplace, where Wednesdays mean $2.50 rail drinks and domestic beer all day and night.
- Check out Homo Hotel Happy Hour the third Thursday of each month, where gays take over a different hotel bar each month. Admission is free.
- Grab some friends and watch a sporting event at Nellie's, DC's first gay sports bar.
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