If I remember correctly, it was not a problem to send the gay themed Tom-Of-Finland-Stamps to Russia a few years ago. This topic was discussed on the old forum, I think.
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I think itās okay to send cards with those stamps to Belarus. Our country is not exactly LGBTQ+ friendly, but, as post office worker, I might say that I really doubt that anyone will care. I canāt imagine our postman throwing away card because it has rainbows on it or something 
Also, this is just my opinion, but I think that itās better to save those stamps to people who openly stated their desire to receive such cards or stamps. Like I donāt know if itās possible to get in trouble with post office for those stamps, but imagine your receiver who lives with homophobic relatives getting in trouble because of card. You donāt know everyoneās circumstances. Maybe Iām being overdramatic but, in my opinion, itās better to be safe than sorry.
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These pride stamps would be fine to send to Australia. Our post office issued some stamps a couple of years ago to celebrate marriage equality becoming law. Australia Post have some more info and images: https://australiapostcollectables.com.au/stamp-issues/marriage-equality
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Thank you everyone for your comments - theyāre all really helpful! 
@LC-Canada I agree, itās best to ask when youāre swapping or tagging - my main concern is about the officials where thereās no such option.
@kafkaisnotdead This is not overdramatic at all! Iāve thought about it too, to be honest. Although these pride stamps are fairly ādiscreetā (meaning there arenāt any words like āLGBTQ+ā or āprideā on them and the rainbow is bearably noticeable), I wouldnāt want to put someone in trouble. Even in āLGBTQ+ friendlyā countries there are sadly still a lot of homophobic parents/relatives/neighbors/people in general who could give a hard time to the recipient of the postcard.
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great stamps. Here in Austria no problem to use this stamps
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No problem to China.They all great stamps,very beautiful!
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In Slovenia, postcard or letter with such stamps would be delivered without problem if speaking about the postal system; some conservative postmen might not be happy to see it, but that is their problem.
Sloveniaās 2021 stamp from Greetings stamp series even celebrates love of all kinds:
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I dont think it will be a problem in the philippines. It will be very welcome and its really beautiful.
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Given my experience with swaps & lotteries on here, I wouldnāt use them for officials unless I saw an explicit - āsend Pride/LGBT cards without envelopesā.
Even with just a listing of LGBT, Iād want to ask first, you just donāt know their privacy needs, family or work circumstances.
Iāve had a number of people say to me - Iām out online, but my Mom/Dad picks up my mail & I donāt want them to see or know etc.
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Yes to the UK 
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I love these! Iām especially happy to see them because I lived in Greece as a student almost 30 years agoāso I am grateful to see LBGT progress there, just as Iāve been grateful to see it in my own country.
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Iād love to receive those on a card!
If I had any such stamps to send (alas I donāt) Iād only hold back from using them if I thought that doing so might get the recipient in trouble with the authorities or might prevent the card from being delivered.
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I would personally use them on cards to absolutely everywhere. The countries that donāt have LGBT+ equality (and yes Iām looking at my own country as well) need to seriously get with the times and stop being discriminatory.
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Personally Iād handle it the other way around - I would feel free to use them unless the profile stated that it could cause the receiver problems. Otherwise it would feel a bit like self-censorship to me.
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Not all of them
I turned 50 this year, and I am completely open-minded. I even have a gay friend. And one can be an old-minded even at the age of 20. I have another friend 15 years younger than me, and he is homophobic 
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there is a difference between not accepting something and discrimination though. you may not like it that iām gay and thatās cool. iām not a big fan of straight people either (although i do have one straight friend). but in a lot of countries there are still people beaten, thrown out of their homes, not even allowed to talk about being not straight. in about 70 countries thereās still the death penalty for people who are not straight.
that has nothing to do with acceptence. and i wouldnāt dare to send a pride card or stamp to someone in a country like that and most likely make their life a little bit harder.
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I love those stamps. Like everything in life, though, we should try to use our best judgement.
Hereās a breakdown of LGBT rights by country, which may help you determine if using one of those stamps is appropriate.
I think in most cases it would be find to use these stamps. I imagine the overlap between people who could be harmed by receiving a certain stamp and people who voluntarily choose to receive mail from strangers is small.
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If you have different sets of stamps, I would pick the stamps you use on a certain card the same way youād pick a postcard.
Personally if I have something matching a personās profile, I will pick that and if I donāt or if thatās what they are into, I will pick something more generic.
So if someone writes on their profile that they would like to receive lgbt cards, I am sure theyād also be happy about lgbt stamps.
If they donāt write anything about it, they might still be very happy about it, but you can never really know. I would hope that all postcrossers are accepting. 
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Thank you for your comments. I believe that ALL people should be accorded honor and respect. I agree with you that in many countries being gay can be dangerous. But in some nations, the discrimination can be very subtle, but no less disgraceful. As I learned on a cruise to the West Carribean after my wifeās death 10 years ago. (My friends thought the trip would life my spirits).
It very much has to do with acceptance. If I or others disapprove of certain conduct, that isnāt discrimination. To give you an example. You like to smoke; I choose not to smoke. Does that make my stance about smoking and you discriminatory? No it doesnāt.
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Iām a catholic honesty but I wouldnāt take offence to a pride stamp. I understand that people believe things differently than I do.
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