Filipino transgender women wear colourful costumes as they join a World Aids Day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A Filipino transgender woman holds a huge red ribbon symbolizing fight against the HIV virus as she poses before photographers, during a World Aids Day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A Filipino transgender woman wears a rainbow colour LGBT-themed costume during a World Aids Day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Government health workers wear masks as they display a streamer during a World Aids Day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A Filipino transgender woman wears a colourful costume during a World Aids Day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Traffic enforcers watch Filipino transgender women perform on a street during a World Aids Day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Dancers perform on a street during a World Aids day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Filipino transgender women wear colourful costumes during a World Aids Day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Thai activists march through Pattaya resort town to raise awareness on the World Aids Day in Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand December 1, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





Thai activists march through Pattaya resort town to raise awareness on the World Aids Day in Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand December 1, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





An activist holds a banner as others march through Pattaya resort town to raise awareness on the World Aids Day in Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand December 1, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A Thai transgender woman stands in front placards as activists march through Pattaya resort town to raise awareness on the World Aids Day in Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand December 1, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





An activists hands out condoms to tourists during a march through Pattaya resort town to raise awareness on the World Aids Day in Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand December 1, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A Thai transgender woman looks on wearing a red ribbon painting during a thai activists march through Pattaya resort town to raise awareness on the World Aids Day in Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand December 1, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





Students play near a tourist as they wear a sign on their heads before a march of thai activists through Pattaya resort town to raise awareness on the World Aids Day in Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand December 1, 2015. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





A Filipino transgender woman wears a headdress during a World Aids day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A Filipino transgender woman wears a headdress during a World Aids day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Filipino transgender women wear costumes during a World Aids day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A homeless child watches a parade by transgender women and government health workers during a World Aids day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A homeless child watches a parade by transgender women and government health workers during a World Aids day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





Filipino transgender women wear colourful costumes as they take part in a parade during a World Aids day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)





A homeless boy watches a parade by transgender women and government health workers during a World Aids day celebration in Manila, Philippines, December 1, 2015. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)