Marker Honoring Gay Former Slave Installed Near Dupont Circle
September 12, 2025•
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The Washington Blade reports that in a little-noticed development, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation on Aug. 8 installed a ceremonial marker in a small park near Dupont Circle that honors William Dorsey Swann, a Black gay D.C. resident and former enslaved person who advocated for LGBTQ rights in the late 1800s.
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