Yep, Q is Queer (also sometimes Questioning). It’s kind of a fuzzy category to define from the outside, but covers people who don’t consider themselves to fall within any of the other categories.

Non binary and other gender nonconforming folks will often identify as queer. So may people who challenge cis- or hetero-normativity, monamory, and other social norms around gender and sexuality (look into “Queer Theory”).

Absolutely - it’s a great place to be gay or lesbian, and presumably bi as well. Trans or gender nonconforming is another matter.

Since you say you’re already familiar with the Cass report and issues like multi year wait times for initial appointments for transition care, I’ll jump to other examples.

Media - From the BBC, to the Guardian, to Channel 4, transphobia is given a megaphone.

Rising levels of hate crimes

Guidance to schools includes outing transgender children to their parents

LGB is one thing, Q and T are another. There’s a reason it’s so often referred to as “TERF Island”.

Not the solution you think it is. It would be the rural Republican areas of California that would split off, meaning the magats would have an even stronger lock on the senate.

Be the reason why a fascist feels unsafe.

Scalloped edges are done with a file, twice for each scallop - leading and trailing edges separately.

Fortunately, bread knives are typically only sharpened on one side, and don’t dull very quickly.

I wish this was the right community to post this. Unfortunately, it more properly belongs in nottheonion

Granted, Biden did almost nothing to slow it down, and kept Israel well supplied with the weapons of genocide. Do you really think it’s a coincidence that Netanyahu waited until the day after the election to announce that Palestinians won’t be allowed to return to northern Gaza though?

Granted, that was almost certainly the plan all along, but now even the fig leaf is gone. Without the need to devote any thought at all to political cover, Israel will stop even pretending to internal investigations of accusations against their own soldiers and redeploy those resources to the battlefield.

The number of Palestinian deaths may not be different, but they’ll die even sooner.

This is probably the most significant “Why did Harris lose?” article out there right now. Not because it comes to the right conclusions, but because the Brookings Institution is respected by party leaders. Politicians listen to them, and believe them, and consider them a credible, unbiased, outside perspective.

That makes it all the more troubling for the Trans community that on their shortlist of reasons Harris lost was Harris was that she was too supportive of trans people:

Second: The Trump campaign decided that Harris’ stance on transgender issues was the Willie Horton of 2024 and invested heavily in negative advertising that dominated the airwaves throughout the South.Anecdotal evidence suggests that this campaign helped weaken Harris’ effort to portray herself as a common-sense center-left candidate rather than an emissary from San Francisco.

I wouldn’t trust Trump to uphold the U.S.'s traditional military commitments to Taiwan. Living through the Chinese invasion wouldn’t be fun, and afterwards you’re looking at Chinese rather than Taiwanese policies.

Your version will wind up being softer (even cold, olive oil doesn’t harden as firmly as coconut), and olive oil is also a stronger flavor. Enjoy experimenting though - substitutions are a big part of learning to cook well, and so many recipes call for over-specific ingredients that many people are afraid to try. That attitude will go a long way to taking you past the amateur stage!

Best option I’ve found is to make your own. Miyoko Schinner’s recipe for “Glorious Butter less Butter” in “Real Vegan Cheese” and “The Homemade Vegan Pantry” (both excellent books) is the gold standard:

1 1/2 cups refined coconut oil

1/2 cup homemade cashew cream

1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon sunflower oil

2 teaspoons liquid soy lecithin

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Toss everything in a blender, pour into a container, and throw in the fridge. The sunflower can be replaced with any other neutral oil, and I typically use a thick homemade soy milk in place of the cashew cream (lower environmental impact, but mostly because I’m cheap). Most store-bought soymilk won’t work for this - it’s too sweet.

To be even more explicit on the last point, that means regularly updating OpenWRT and all your containers, not just the server’s base OS

Thank you, I thought I missed one! Again, this will also require some form of ID. It also provides greater leg room and comfort than airplane or bus. The seats also recline more than either of the others, which may be helpful given OP’s cognitive issues with sitting up for extended periods.

Caught that within a few seconds of posting, but edits seem to take longer to propagate than the original comment

This is a long reply. I’ll do it in spoiler tags for the convenience of people who don’t like that.

There are two other ways to understand what you’re asking for in this post.

The other way of reading the question is not what to do, but how. Logistics. This is the thing that hasn’t been addressed.

I am disabled. My cognitive ability suffers severely if I sit up or stand up for more than a few minutes. I also have another condition that requires me to avoid bending my neck, so I have to keep it straight.

This suggests you don’t drive, and that long walks or waiting at a bus stop aren’t good options for you. Since you’ve presumably lived with your disability for some time, I’m going to assume you have local transport options sorted out - please reply with more details (level of urban, distance and size of nearest cities if rural, details on who drives you places if applicable, social connections) if if that’s wrong.

You may or may not not have much long distance travel experience. How have you made longer trips in the past, other than your parents driving?

Both of these are good suggestions, but only after OP gets out.

I would - there’s the risk they don’t take a phone call seriously and let something slip to the parents. Far better to show up on their doorstep to help them understand the gravity of the situation and importance of getting out.

Police station would be a terrible choice. People who aren’t able to vote on election day skew poor, black, brown, and/or immigrant - exactly the groups who would be (rightly) afraid of entering a police station.