PHOTOS & TEXT BY DONNA ACETO | An October 18 rally held in Provincetown, MA counted itself among the over 2,700 events worldwide taking place as part of the No Kings movement. “More than 7 million of us,” said event organizers, ”rose up to say: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.”
In Provincetown, the long-planned Dyke March was the day’s first expression of power. Their always present drummers, followed by locals and Women’s Week 2025 celebrants, formed the small but mighty group of over 500 who marched from Womencrafts on Commercial Street to Bas Relief Park at the base of Pilgrim Monument.
There, as local LGBTQ activists and electeds spoke, the crowd grew in size to some 1,200–a peaceful, lively, determined group happy to raise their voices to save democracy from any wannabe king.
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DONNA ACETO | A NYC-based photographer specializing in events and political activism, Aceto has been Lead Photographer for AIDS Walk New York for 25+ years and was the primary photographer for Gay Men’s Health Crisis for 15+ years. Her clients include the NY Civil Liberties Union and the Edith S. Windsor Trust. Click here to access archival photos available for licensing for publication as well as fine-art prints for framing.
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