u/diasporastud

hi hi DC resident here and I know a bunch of y’all are pulling up for DC black pride so here’s some tips to help you navigate DC better

METRO & BUS
- download the Transit app (green and white logo) - the most accurate app to get metro and bus times, I use it daily to get around. the metro map isn’t hard to learn but can be confusing if you’re not used to taking inner city trains!
- metrocards are $2 and can be refilled an infinite amount of times. can be used for both metro + bus
- METRO STOPS SERVICE AT MIDNIGHT ON MOST DAYS AND 2AM ON FRIDAY-SATURDAY SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. some bus lines are 24/7 but the late night buses come around every 20mn or so
- it’s gonna be rainy throughout the week so allot yourself extra time to get places

BRUNCH
DC don’t play about brunch. get your reservations in ASAP if you haven’t yet

NATIONAL GUARD
they’re still around, they just stopped carrying rifles. expect to see them in the metro stations and especially around downtown. they usually travel in packs of 3 to 6. just don’t pay attention to them.

MUSEUMS
anything Smithsonian museum is a free national museum. some require timed tickets in advance (the African American History Museum for example). definitely check out the African Art museum if you can because they have an African LGBTQ exhibit and it’s awesome! you can go on the Smithsonian website and see all that’s available

I also recommend the Museum for Women in the Arts - not free unless you go on a community day (check the website!) but it’s cool stuff up there too

PRICING
Imma be honest…. DC ain’t cheap. do expect to drop a lot on them drinks ($10 for shots, $15+ full drinks on average). if you plan on drinking a lot I definitely recommend gettign your own bottles and pregaming or sneaking them in if you can lol

Expect Ubers to be overpriced, especially late night after a party, and even more so since it will be a rainy week!

HAVE FUN BE SAFE SEE YALL OUTSIDE :))

look, women are socialized to be the ones that get approached by men and letting men take the lead. except we’re lesbians, ain’t no man here, which means it’s on EACH OF US to make a move

approaching women isn’t nearly as scary as your anxiety makes it seem. like anything else, it gets easier with practice. but in order to get better YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE

practice sliding in the DMs of girls you find attractive online. practice giving compliments to pretty girls you see in person. practice introducing yourself to people at events. bring a friend who’s extroverted and will help you get conversations with strangers started. practice offering to buy pretty girls a drink. do it even if you’re scared, do it while you’re scared, just do it!

you have to TAKE ACTION !! no matter how small, practice taking that first step. then that second step. that looks like following up after you get someone’s Instagram and actually DMing them. that looks like giving compliments to strangers you’ll never see again. that looks like holding eye contact with that pretty girl from across the room at least 3 times and then signaling her to come over to talk to you if you’re too shy to go up to her

seriously, you need to TAKE CHARGE. repeat after me: CLOSED MOUTHS DONT GET FED

yes it’s easier said than done but it’s not gonna get easier at all if you never do it 🫡

it’s lesbian visibility week so I wanna give a big shoutout to the studs who like studs, the bros who love bros, the lesbians whose love is still looked down upon by the rest of the community. we here, gayer than ever, prouder than ever, and we’re not going anywhere 🫡

*actually no label but stud adjacent

we danced together real close in a basement bar during karaoke. I kissed her real quick at the bus stop (when their ex situation was turned around lmfao). we made our way to the black gay bar and danced in the lesbian section (we rolled in as a big group so the girls around started gravitating towards us lol) and we took turns throwing it back on each other. then we stepped outside to wait for her uber and we made out in the middle of the street. their car conveniently got cancelled so we went back inside and ofc we kissed again when it was time to say goodbye 🙂‍↕️

and no one gave a fuck the whole night and her lips were so soft and it all felt so nice and freeing and ugh I can’t wait to experience it again 😭

(note: this is NOT a love story lmfaooo we are spinning the block cause we’re both single but we are not meant for each other lol)