I respect your opinion, but like you said everyone has the right to live normally. That means, if we're talking about heterosexuality as the norm, non-het people should be able to be openly gay in all capacity as hetero people are allowed to be openly hetero. Therefore the law you're speaking of is pushing non-het people to a no disclosure lifestyle that hetero people are not subject to. But as you said don't live there if you don't like it, but this is an over simplification that many people use to bash a lot of movements. You can't choose where you live. LGBTQ people in Russia who grew up there didn't choose to live there and until their legal, can't do a damn thing about it. I'm from America so I won't speak extensively on Russia cus lord knows I don't know jack shit about it and I won't pretend to. So, pertaining to BLM I am part of it. Obviously you have extremists in every group however when it comes to "others" (those who are not the norm) suddenly those extremists speak for the entire group. For example, Dylann Roof shot and killed 9 African Americans in a church in order to insight a race war. However, all nonPOC clambered together to scream and shout he does not signify all nonPOC. Then, when it comes to others such as ISIS, BLM extremists like the man who shot and killed cops on Dallas, and man-hating feminists, suddenly these movements/religions/people are all defined by the actions of the many. It's completely illogical and has everything to do with prejudice. About protests and pride. No one ever got anything done by being silent and accepting the status quo. MLK, although peaceful, protested. Malcom X was more physical in his protests. Protests get things done. By no means should anyone not protest and if you think that's counterintuitive to what these movements get done, name one person who made change without making noise. Does that mean screaming on the Internet and saying kill all white people or kill all men. No. Not it does not and its up to these movements to call out these extremists in their own ranks. But like you said, people have the right to agree and disagree and everyone has the right to ignore them. You're not going to change their beliefs and screaming at people until you're blue in the face isn't going to change that. I agree with you on this but I don't agree that not protesting or having pride to let people know that their love is normal, is counterproductive or unnecessary. It is very necessary. Especially when kids still get death threats for not being hetero normative. On that note, homosexuality or non-hetero lifestyles really aren't being shoved in anyone's faces. Heterosexuality is the norm and has been celebrated for millennia. So who really gives a flying fuck of non-hetero people are showcased in television or in movies. Don't like it don't watch. It's really that simple. I hope I got my point across without sounding too preachy. I'm on my phone so I hope it's all cohesive. Thanks.