The US, though? That's where I've experienced this stuff. It isn't always "kill the gays", just like it isn't always "kill the minorities".

The social backlash can be bad enough: I was 13 when some girls figured out I was interested in other girls. I sat alone the rest of the year and folks wouldn't speak to me. The high school I gradutated from (different school system) would not allow same-sex couples to go to prom together. I know of a school superintendent that tried not to hire gay teachers, as he thought a gay teacher turned his son gay. I personally identify as bisexual, but the options I had with women in the US weren't the same as men. A woman couldn't adopt my child, nor could we be legally married until recently.

As recently as 1998, oral and anal sex was considered sodomy by US military code. Guess what that means? Same sex sexual relations can get you dishonorably discharged.

And you are correct - few in the states look kindly on the oppressed class protesting. And it is supposed to be a right.