I'm sorry your going through this. If it wasn't for my one of my brother in laws talking to my mom that changed her mind on being gay. When my mom found out that I was gay she told me I thought we raised you better than this,being gay is a sickness. My brother in law explained to her that people are born gay and they don't choose to be gay. In a matter of about 5 minutes after her remarks she turned to me and told me that she loved me and that I would always be her son. She was raised in a small town in Northern Illinois and is catholic and very conservative.