I told my friends ages before I told my parents. Me and my mom were having a mother daughter date at famous Dave's barbecue and we were talking about mormonism and the LGBTQA community. I told her that I was attracted to females, and right there, my life ended over a plate of ribs. My mom is a very square Mormon who doesn't view the LGBTQA community as valid or okay at all. I felt upset because my mom was upset, but I'm not upset at who I am. It's been about three weeks and life has been...okay, so far.
My family isn't Mormon, but they we are religious and they're on the very conservative side of the political spectrum. I wouldn't say that I was raised in an "anti gay" family, or at least not openly anti gay. Gays were rarely ever spoken about when I was growing up and when they were brought up even though the lifestyle wasn't acceptable, they looked at gays with pity. They seemed to believe it was a choice one would make after being molested. However, my mother always made the "I'd still love my kid if they turned out gay" phrase. When she found out, I didn't tell her, she found out I had a girlfriend..she stressed that she still loved me, but you could definitely tell she was very uncomfortable. Fast forward to today(4 years later) she's a lot more understanding and says she sees it in a completely different light than she used to.