homosexuality

While homosexuality is not illegal in the country, it remains taboo, and same-sex marriage is not legally recognised.

Pope Francis roundly condemned countries that consider homosexuality a crime, and he talked of divorce sometimes being "morally necessary", citing cases of domestic abuse.

He denied being gay when confronted by a French magazine in 1989, and did not speak publicly about his homosexuality until he turned 70.

Same-sex relationships and public displays of affection are illegal in Nigeria and homosexuality is not openly discussed or promoted.

For men, same-sex socialization must also deal with the conventional oppression against homosexuality — a categorizing term invented when Caillebotte was 20 and in common usage by the time he died.