>>836
From what I've read, straight men in super-progressive areas have no problem being intimate with each other - "I'm not gay, but who would care if I was?" And of course, straight men in super-traditional places like Russia or Saudi Arabia can walk down the street holding hands because nobody will think they're gay in the first place. This leaves a huge twilight zone of cultures that are aware but not accepting of homosexuality, which is probably where the OP is coming from.