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This picture taken on March 25, 2016, shows Yari Ferreira, a transgender performing during the preliminary round of Big Queen, a cross-dressing contest in the Icon Club in Shanghai. China only decriminalised homosexuality in 1997 and discrimination is common, although tolerance is greater in major cities, and the Shanghai Pride group mounts an annual series of events for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and their supporters. / AFP / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

This picture taken on March 25, 2016, shows Yari Ferreira, a transgender performing during the preliminary round of Big Queen, a cross-dressing contest in the Icon Club in Shanghai. 
China only decriminalised homosexuality in 1997 and discrimination is common, although tolerance is greater in major cities, and the Shanghai Pride group mounts an annual series of events for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and their supporters. / AFP / JOHANNES EISELE        (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)