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Author: Gillian Gotora Source: Associated Press

The pageant [called  Miss Jacaranda], one of the biggest gay and lesbian events in Zimbabwe, was held discreetly last weekend in an isolated farmhouse on a forest-shrouded hilltop on the outskirts of Harare, the capital.

They said the pageant was a way of expressing a femininity that they keep in check while in public. "Events like these raise my sense of self-worth in a country that hates us," said one participant who goes by the name Coco DaDiva.

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