This is a logical fallacy. For example just because the Uighur issue receives less present attention (because it's not NEW) doesn't make the latest attempt at genocide more acceptable.
If it was anything other than IT I'd say reconsider.
Keep working in IT, pay your loans. Take cheap online classes to finish up your degree at your convenience, but don't wait too long or your old credits will expire (or just be non transferrable). If you try to find a new job the degree might give you an edge over another applicant without one, and if you've already done most of the work/gotten the credits but then don't finish it then all the debt you've gained is truly for nothing.
You'd think places like San Francisco would be better, but 20 years later the Stone Wall riots happened. It was pretty rough all around to be gay in that time, though I'm sure some places were worse than others.
I've been trying to be better and I'm catching myself when I start to tune out but it's hard. But it's an incredible way to show appreciation to those around you when to them it seems no one wants to listen. It helps me stay present.