"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 i

"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.