Joe -“If they committed their abhorrent aveiras in private without declaring to the world they commit this heinous sin no one would not treat them without dignity, as no one would be the wiser for their private sins. The fact is they insist on making their sinful ways a matter of the public record in addition to demanding respect for their abominable transgressions.”
This is true in the US also. In the US, no one cared when they lived in the closet!
Nowadays, not only are they in your face, but they want, and in some States they have, legal marriage!