Also, I just want to say something about Russia, for the American's. 

Do not always believe the media. I'm not one of those 'lizards control the media' people but your media has a tendency to oversimplify things that Russia does.

For example the 'anti gay law' in Russia was not 'anti gay' at all. In fact it was a completely reasonable law. The law pertained to homosexual propaganda which was their way of saying; 'do not advocate sexuality to young people' which wasn't specifically catered to homosexuals, but it was pretty clear it was aimed at them. 

In short, do not tell young people to become gay and you should be fine. That said Russia is very homophobic and it's their good right to be so because it's their country, not yours.

The general consensus there is don't ask don't tell.

You're allowed to be gay, but you're expected to shut your mouth about it. If you don't like that then the solution is simple: don't live there. You're free to [i]not[/i] move to Russia and you're free to move [i]out[/i] of Russia or become a politician/lobbyist to try and change this.