Background
A lower court granted João Salgueiro da Silva Mouta custody of his daughter, after he and his wife got divorced. However, his ex-wife abducted the child and refused to let the girl see him.
When the Court of Appeal examined the case, it gave custody to the mother rather than João. One of the reasons given was that João was gay – and homosexuality was an abnormality that children should not be exposed to when growing up.