I'm not sure this is the right section but it seems like it would fit best here so...here I go.
I finally got fed up with constantly lying to my mom about who I was. I was caught a few months back when I didn't put my new purchases away when I got home and my mom found them when she walked through. She asked me what they were for and I said Halloween (it was only 2 weeks away at that point). She was skeptical and I decided at that point to be honest and I told her that I liked wearing that kind of stuff. She thought it was a joke and I went a day then told her it was a prank to weird her out. From there it went unsaid for a while occasionally she teased me about it but very rarely. Again I got fed up of lying to her and told her again but this time I didn't run. I told her that I want to go to a gender counselor to truly search for who I am. She wasn't surprised because she pretty much figured it out the first time I told her. Her reaction wasn't the worst it could have been but she is not accepting what so ever. She compared it to being the mother of a serial killer, she still loves me but she doesn't like my choices. She is embarrassed that I want to go out in public eventually and doesn't know how she will face others when talking about me. She is extremely religious and is conflicted about everything. I'm giving her time to come to terms with it.
I'd like some input on how this went, how much worse could it have been? I'm don't expect sympathy, but I'd like some advice on what I should do next.