Interested in joining the Catholic church, but I’m queer

I know it is a sin, but it is a sin of love, and I don’t want to pray it away. Does anyone have any advice (preferably non hateful?) My mom says Catholicism is more about living the ways of Jesus than it is about the Bible and following its every rule — if that;’s true could this mean I could still live out His message and form a relationship with God if I am gay? I know He loves me, but His followers do not and I don’t know what to do about it.