Q: It seems that certain people make the assumption that drug addicts tend to engage in criminal behavior. Is that a form of homophobia? I say that because when I came out as a gay man, simultaneously my family and classmates and professors were treating me like so (around my teens and twenties).
On a related note, why do some gay people have bad relationships with their families (mothers) while others don’t?
A: You…

why do some gay people have problems with their mothers?
for the same reason straight people sometimes have problems with their mothers.