Where to go, what to do...

Hello Reddit, more specifically, bromos, I have a question to ask the entire community. This is not an extremely difficult question, yet it isn't simple enough for a one-word answer. But I'm hoping everyone here can help me. A little background info on me: My name is Quinn. I live in Holmen, Wisconsin; a small, rural-type village (It's called a town, but it is technically a village.) in the western part of Wisconsin. Most everyone knows each other here, so if someone that lived there happened to read this, I wouldn't be surprised if I had seen them somewhere in that part of the state.

The trouble is, I am almost certain there aren't any, if not, a minute number of homosexuals in Holmen. Almost everyone here is a homophobic hick, someone who isn't kind, understanding, or comfortable with someone's life choices, and truly, it sickens me. I wish I didn't have to be so harsh with my words, but it's the truth. I've been outcast by my community for who I am, even by who I thought were my greatest friends, and now when news comes around to someone new, they treat me like some sort of disease. I'm finishing up with high school, both unsure of what to do with my entire life and scared shitless of the fact that no matter where I go, it could all be the same as Holmen.

So, Gaybros, I need to know, from your experiences and life lessons, is everywhere like this? What will happen, where should I go so that I won't have to constantly be worried of being shunned and harassed for who I am? I know the world is a dark and sometimes horrible place, but my naivety sometimes gets the best of me and I like to hope of a good life for myself. I don't expect my life to be perfect; in fact, the only idea of a perfect life to me is somewhere I can just be accepted. A place where I can find true friends, and someone to love. I've lived in Holmen all of my life, as much as I hate it here, and have only recently realized that the people I thought were my only friends despise me now for "What I've become."

Please, where can/should I go? What should I do? I know the question may be hard to answer, and nothing will probably be perfect for someone like me, but I just need to be anywhere but here.