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D.C. Council approves Swann Street LGBTQ designation bill

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The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted unanimously in a first-reading vote to approve a bill calling for designating Swann Street, N.W.

near Dupont Circle in honor of William Dorsey Swann, a Black gay D.C. resident and former enslaved person who is credited with advocating for LGBTQ rights in the late 1800s.

The Council was expected to give final approval of the measure by a similar unanimous vote at its next legislative session. The bill, the William Dorsey Swann Street Designation Act of 2023, was introduced Feb.

28 by D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) along with 10 other members of the 13-member Council who signed on as co-introducers.

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