Aye, Captain

Good plans don’t need a medial warmup, they’re self-evident.

We don’t know whether the friend is trans herself. Also, lesbian desire is not trans-exclusive (of course she might think that, but that is not something we should adopt).

I just want to reference lazily that both internalised homophobia and cultural appropriation exist. So, it might not be known why, but this doesn’t mean homophobic remarks (i.e. how) cannot be countered.

you speak of foss yet you use Google curious /s

This question might a bit blunt: What makes the sexual orientation of your friend Ana as important to you as it does?

You said you want to support Ana and you said you need to understand.

Ana (AFAIK) and you are young and as such still changing.

The label bisexuality can be a support frame to figure out one’s explicitly own identity, but it doesn’t need to act as a barrier or corset to one’s actions. Bisexuality is a reference, an idea, that can be useful in self-understanding.

🖕

NYT again.

I have to disclose that a friend of mine has that name.

We’re not calling HP The Rowling Books.

Hm. I have no strong argument that overshadows my partiality.

Can we not call it “Cass Report”?

The Georgian Republic is also called Sakartwelo. The US-state named after some 18th century British monarch is hopefully not renamed to Savannah or something, creating more confusion…

I am too tired to write much, but I feel you. The phenomenon you’re experiencing is internalised homophobia, so it might help you to look a bit into that topic.

https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-internalized-homophobia

I went to a German school way after the Wende and know US-American high-schools from various media, but I’m not too familiar with US-American curricula.

Sure. German history past the Second World War just didn’t seem too relevant for US-American high school for me.

People in the US know what a StaSi is?

IMO there’s no need for an explaination, but I’m also not on good terms with my parents, so it depends on whether you fear about your safety (e.g. when you’re a minor or (financially) dependent) or how well you can say no to things.

In general: You owe no one an explaination!

Military people don’t steal, they ‘raid’.

I am going to recommend GRIS.

It is a jump’n’run riddle game about a person in a magic dress dealing with loss.

Agender