How has being part of the LGBT community changed the way you think religiously or politically?

Hello folks,As the title suggests I would like to know how this has affected you.How have you come to terms with your religion has this caused you to lose belief in you God(s) or how to come to terms with who you are.As well as this how has it changed your political beliefs? Example, turning from a strong right leaning person to a more left leaning.Of course it isn't fair of me to ask you such a personal question without giving you my own thoughts.Growing up in a semi-homophobic country, I would say I was Christian during my primary years, I didn't even know there were dozens of other religions, religious teachers would say that if I was good I would go to heaven and if I was bad I would go to hell. I have a vivid memory of some poor child in my class asking about loving someone of the same gender only to be guldered at saying that being homosexual you would burn in hell.Sadly however, this was the time where I started questioning myself. I was afraid to tell anyone about the way I was feeling and I kept these "wrong" feelings to myself for the next 3-5 years.Entering into my secondary years I gained a vast knowledge of how many different religions and beliefs there was, this made me have so many thoughts that I can think differently other beliefs that might accept these thoughts.I did stand by my religious belief for a very long time but also came to terms that I was Bi, which would lead to the biggest mistake of my young life. I had a huge crush on another boy in our school after weeks of thinking things over I built up the courage to ask him out.This would lead to my first, of many, homophobic encounters. After weeks of being attacked and barated with insults which lasted for the entire of my highschool career. I went home one night and thought to myself "I have prayed to God so many times asking for this horrendous bulling to stop, but he won't listen." I have had enough, I spent the entirety of that night reading our politics and scientific papers showing a much more logical reason to why we were here and like that, I had lost my faith. I had become an atheist. In the years to come I would come to hate religion, mostly agreeing with their causes but hating its followers.In the years leading up to today I have formed some very strong opinions coming to disagree with almost all of my country's politics.That droned on longer than I had intended it too. Interested in your thoughts.