Hey Charlie, nice to meet you.
Unfortunately for you, Alabama isn't the best place for meeting friends who accept you for who you really are. I still have problems with this at university, in Michigan, outside of the transgender group that meets one weekly, which still isn't often enough to express myself the way I truly am, instead of putting up a male persona to mask it.
I feel your pain, bro, and wish there was something more that I could do to help, even if it was something simple as a hug.
Whatever you feel, know that it's not the end of the road, and that people really do care for you and want you to be happy, in fact, you deserve to be happy.