Learning to accept myself

I'm 16 years old. I'm gay. Where I come from, hearing the word 'homosexual' is a sin. (not literally lol) My parents, grandparents, and most everyone I know is homophobic. It's my lifelong dream to come out to my parents before high school ends because I want to go through high school as the gay teenage boy I am and not as the straight, country, hunting-loving straight guy my parents want me to be. I would be fine if they stopped caring about me, or started to hate me, but I'm a teenager, where would I go? I am out to one person, she's always been there for me and I'm grateful for her advice and caring nature. We've decided that my best course of action is to get to college, live on campus (which I had always planned to do) and one day talk to my mom and tell her, if any of my family is gonna accept me, it will be her. Sorry if my post bored you, I just really needed to let some stuff off, thanks for reading, I'd love to have a discussion about the future, your life, books, literally anything at all. I want to get to know some people, I'm certainly new to Reddit sooo yeah lol. ( also is it acceptable to use 'lol' on this website?)