[diminoten]

"Your mind" completely ignores non US-cultures, so "your mind" needs to expand a bit.

Pretending like a man in Iran or Russia can come out as gay and be safe isn't going to change the immutable fact that a gay man in either of those two countries is in serious danger simply by being a gay man.

[tych0]

I think that falls under the first category of "educate the would-be aggressors", does it not?