Hello there.
I hardly ever post on MU but i have been visiting the website and forum for more than a year.
I am a French girl with a French dad and a Cambodian mom, and I don't exactly know where you are from. I am 17 too.
I know it has been about two weeks you posted this topic, but I wanted to tell you this.
Your parents may be narrow-minded, say things you totally don't agree with, and even hurt you by doing so, but that doesn't mean they actually don't like you.
Maybe what your father said was because of his "closed" (sorry, I am not sure this can be said in english, but I guess you get the idea) education, and also because of the widespread homophobia where you live.
I had the chance of having tolerant parents about homosexuality. My older sister is bisexual and has been going out with other girls for a few years now, and althought my mother is against it, she still treat her girlfriend well, same goes for my older brother. The rest of my family, including grandmother and father are okay with it, probably because they only want their daughter or grandaughter's happiness, regardless of sexual orientation. As for me, intolerance, especially racism and homophobia are things I hate the most.
So..., I don't think I have a lot of good advices to tell you, since most of them have already been told. Anyway, not approving someone else's doctrine doesn't mean going against them. Humans are supposed to coexist by accepting other people's thoughts. I you parents understand this, then it should be okay. If they don't, er...
Finally, I thing you should be proud of being an open-minded person. Think that hate only engender hate. Hate is made of fear of the other and the things we don't know. Homophobic person are often people, especially men, who actually fear of becoming homosexual, and so are not sure of their own sexual orientation.They mustn't know a lot of LGBT and have a lot of prejudice due to society against those unknown people. They are people who should be pitied more than hated. When you have child, make sure they are taught about tolerance, so that they do not follow your parents's path.
That is all I have to say. It's the first time I write a post this long in english.
I apologise if I made any mistake.