When I was in college I studied abroad in Cape Town. While I was there, I was blessed to meet archbishop Desmond Tutu. He taught me I could be gay and religious at the same time.

A thread 1/? I have struggled with religion my entire life. I was brought up protestant, and had been taught that being gay was evil. Of course when I had college I had urges and desires that I could not reconcile with my religious upbringing. 2/

I’ve decided I’m quitting my fellowship. There’s too much COVID, too much death, too many tears, too much anger and now politics in the ICU.

Life is too damn short to hold on to something that’s causing me pain, and leading me down the path of being an angry burnout… 1/? I’m tired of watching 90% of the patients die, begging me to keep them alive before I intubate them knowing they’re toast. I’m tired of holding up an iPad so a family can say goodbye. I’m tired of people screaming at me for ivermectin, or peroxide, or plaquenil 2/?