Getting tested is nothing to cry about. Photo Credit: programwitch- flickr.com

So you're ready to get tested but you're not sure where to go. DC has many places to get discrete, fast test results. Most, if not all, are free. There is also counseling available to help you get through a positive or negative result. So get going people. Here's an abbreviated list of testing sites.

• Unity Health Care- 1201 Brentwood Road, NE. (202) 832-8818    Hours: 8:15 am- 4:45 pm Monday-Friday, (Free) 1 pm- 3 pm.
• Planned Parenthood- 3987A Minnesota Avenue, NE. (202) 388-4770    Hours: 9 am-5pm Monday- Friday, 10 am-2 pm Saturday.
• Sasha Bruce- 701 Maryland Avenue, NE.  (202) 675-9370    Hours:1 pm-8pm Monday-Friday. Appointment only on Tuesday and Thursday.
• Andromeda- 1400 Decatur St. NW. (202) 291-4707    Hours: 9 am-5 pm Monday-Saturday
• La Clinica del Pueblo- 2831 15th St. NW.  (202) 462-4788    Hours: 9 am- 5pm Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.  10 am- 2 pm Saturday.
• Us Helping Us- 3636 Georgia Avenue, NW. (202) 446-1100    Hours: 10 am- 4 pm Monday-Thursday
• Anacostia Neighborhood Health- 1328 W St. SE. (202) 610-7160    Hours: 8:15 am- 8 pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday.  8:15 am-4:445 pm Thursday        
• Max Robinson Center- 2301 Martin Luther King J. Avenue, SE.  (202) 678-8877.  Hours:9:30 am- 6:30 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursady, Friday.  9:30 am- 6 pm Wednesday.  9:30 am-4:30 pm Saturday.
  
• Metro Teen AIDS- 651 Pennsylvania Avenue SE. (202) 543-9355.  Hours: 10 am-6 pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday.    10 am-8 pm Tuesday.

  For a complete list of places to get tested, go to the DC Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration (HAA) website.  You can also click on the links to find out more about each testing site.

Get tested. Get care. Get a condom.