The Provincetown Business Guild will honor GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) as Grand Marshal for its 47th annual Provincetown Carnival on Thursday, August 21.

Representing GLAD Law at the parade will be Ricardo Martinez. Ricardo joined GLAD Law in 2024 after serving on the front lines of state and national LGBTQ+ advocacy in Texas and Arizona. A first-generation immigrant from Mexico who grew up in Brooklyn, New York, Ricardo has amassed 20 years of nonprofit fundraising, advocacy, and leadership experience, including roles at GLSEN and, most recently, as CEO of Equality Texas.

Since its founding by the Provincetown Business Guild in 1978, Carnival has been the town’s dazzling, inclusive celebration of creativity, expression, and community, drawing tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ folks and allies to the Outer Cape each August. But this year, Carnival is also P’town’s unofficial summer camp for grown-ups—so expect playful costume contests, wild pool parties, raucous night cruises and kitsch silliness around every bend.

This year’s Carnival theme? “Camp!” For more, check out website below.

More: ptown.org

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