Indeed, many country's politics saw homosexuality as evil, and many are still devided in this aspect. If you go into the UK you had the history of Alan Turing who was kicked out of the military in the 1950s when he came out of the closet. Since he could only do the science he loved with the country's backing, he killed himself as a result.
In the 70s the scientific community in the US was still stating that homosexuality was in fact a mental disease and thus could get you placed in a loony-bin, where I visited one last year and trust me even by today's standards they will make you nuts if you're there long enough. I was only there for 5 hours and ick... I'd rather be in isolation then in a hall with individuals randomly crying looking at you with crazy shifty eyes. Sadly, what it took for the psychology community to change their mind was heckling of their homosexual lectures.
Networking is a powerful force, and it's why governments that don't want to see changes try to stiffle them by making the meetings themselves illegal. Basically what Russia is doing would really fall under question of freedom of assembly if it were to happen in the US.
What you're saying by "Russian mentality" I think you're saying it's more a political issue tied with perceptions of nationalism and country pride. That's not unusual in the US either that ideas are dealt with the lenses of it being "unAmerican".
I've always thought of it this way: Find me a man who's blindly in love with their nation, and I'll find you a man who doesn't see anything of quality in themselves as an individual.
Indeed, many country's politics saw homosexuality as evil, and many are still devided in this aspect. If you go into the UK you had the history of Alan Turing who was kicked out of the military in the 1950s when he came out of the closet. Since he could only do the science he loved with the country's backing, he killed himself as a result.
In the 70s the scientific community in the US was still stating that homosexuality was in fact a mental disease and thus could get you placed in a loony-bin, where I visited one last year and trust me even by today's standards they will make you nuts if you're there long enough. I was only there for 5 hours and ick... I'd rather be in isolation then in a hall with individuals randomly crying looking at you with crazy shifty eyes. Sadly, what it took for the psychology community to change their mind was heckling of their homosexual lectures.
Networking is a powerful force, and it's why governments that don't want to see changes try to stiffle them by making the meetings themselves illegal. Basically what Russia is doing would really fall under question of freedom of assembly if it were to happen in the US.
What you're saying by "Russian mentality" I think you're saying it's more a political issue tied with perceptions of nationalism and country pride. That's not unusual in the US either that ideas are dealt with the lenses of it being "unAmerican".
I've always thought of it this way: Find me a man who's blindly in love with their nation, and I'll find you a man who doesn't see anything of quality in themselves as an individual.