Really?
Here in Sweden they seem to scatter along the walls... Oh, there are the usual bunch who lives on the media hype, you know, artists and stuff, but that is only a handful. It is very rare to see gays displaying affection in public here. In fact, I have only seen it once, 2 guys holding hands.
On the other hand, I suppose it's understandable.
When I was in the military we found out that one of the guys was gay. I'm not sure why he decided to out when he was in teh army of all places... That poor guy, it wasnt all that pretty...he left the service the next week.