Finally getting the picture? Twelve years after China decriminalized homosexuality, the country held its first gay pride festival last week in Shanghai. There were some limitations. Parades, banners, and Chinese-language ads were prohibited. Organizers were also forced by authorities to cancel a play, a film showing, and a social mixer. The English-language China Daily featured an article about the festival, though no mention of it was made in the Chinese-language press. Above, Chinese painter Shi Tou displays her artwork about lesbian lovers, prepared for a Dec. 16, 2005, Beijing LGBT festival that authorities ended up cancelling.