For an overworked, under-21 intern who still lives with her parents in Maryland, it’s hard to do anything after except collapse on the couch in a coma or the occasional house party (so high school). While the other interns head out to various happy hours in D.C. before retiring to their nearby dorms, I have to take a thirty-minute metro ride to Maryland and won’t likely return to D.C. until the next morning for work.

 

But there is one thing that will wake me from my post internship-induced slumber—gay clubs. My favorite is APEX, for every Thursday is college night, meaning FREE with your college ID. There’s nothing I love more than heading over to Dupont Circle and dancing the night away to top 40 on speed among shirtless sweaty boys and the possible drag queen. The prospect of this Thursday night of mayhem roused me from my sleep yesterday and motivated me to mobilize the troops and make the trip out (no pun intended). APEX was a blast and by the end of the night, I had been hit on by a drag queen, a straight boy and had no voice left to sing along to “Disturbia” (amazing). Plus café Soho is right next to APEX and is still open when the club closes at 2:00am to satisfy your drunken munchies. Thursday night=success (for once).

 

Don’t live close to Dupont Circle? Have no fear, D.C. is full of amazing other gay clubs and bars you should definitely check out!

 

APEX Nightclub (Dupont Circle)

1415 22nd St NW, Washington, DC 20037

 

The place is swanky, has a large dance floor and a video room, 4 bars and Soho right next to it.

 

Town Danceboutique

2009 8th St NW Washington, D.C. 20009

This is D.C.’s newest gay club and is very over the top. It’s insanely swanky with multiple floors, video rooms and nearly naked men dancing on poles. Admission ends at 2:30am and closes at 4:00am.

 

Chloe (Adams Morgan)

2473 18 St, NW Washington D.C. 20009