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If you claim to be Catholic and at the same time disagree with what is written in your holy book then no, you are not a true Catholic. A true Catholic would not doubt the word of god or the pope or the bible for that matter.
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Doubt is actually a huge part of religion. If you don't question what you believe, it's rather hard to tell whether or not you actually believe it. Of course, I'm a product of a Jesuit education, which is centered around questioning faith and morality, so I'm a bit biased. But the term "true Catholic" seems a little elitist to me. Who's to say religion can't have gray areas? You can believe in God and still dispute His teachings. Nobody's perfect, and Catholicism is all about forgiveness. If you're not offending the basic tenants of Christianity (i.e. committing mortal sins), you can still get into heaven.
Of course, I'm agnostic in a weird way, so it's hard for me to defend Christianity thusly.
And yeah, the Catholic church doesn't like gays. Sorry guys, as long as we're human, there's not going to be a world without prejudice. Roll with it.