This photo taken on August 30, 2019 shows Trans Chorus member Fang Yuran (R) with his girlfriend during lunch one day before the group's musical presentation at a festival in the city of Chengdu in China's Sichuan province. - The members of the Trans Chorus aren't professional singers and come from across China -- but they share similar stories of their struggle with identities in a country where being transgender is still classed as a "mental illness". (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-lifestyle-LGBT by Pak Yiu (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images)
