A participant dressed up in a costume attends the 2021 Prague Comic Con in Prague, Czech Republic, October 16, 2021. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)

A participant at London Pride 2022 parade takes a mocking selfie next to Christian extremists protesting the parade in Piccadilly on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A participant with a painted face takes part in Delhi Queer Pride March, an event promoting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, in New Delhi, India on January 8, 2023. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A participant of the XIV International Ballet Competition prepares herself backstage before performing at the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)

Participants race during the Red Bull Box Cart Race challenges in Bo Kaap, one of the iconic neighbourhoods in Cape Town, South Africa on November 6, 2022. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)

An inmate, dressed as a carrot, participates in a culinary competition at the Santa Monica female prison in Lima, September 10, 2015. About 14 prisoners from different jails took on the roles of cooks and assistants to participate in a culinary competition called “Inpe Mistura 2015”, an event held concurrently with the Mistura food fair taking place in Lima in September. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)

In this Sunday, September 18, 2016 photo, participants wait on stage ahead of Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

A participant performs during the Perfect Pole 2016 pole dance championship in the southern city of Stavropol, Russia, October 22, 2016. (Photo by Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)