Created a new topic to discuss this so we didn’t clutter up the other topic. It looks like you have Basic access so I believe you should be able to create a topic?
If you’re looking on a computer, the create topic button is in the lower right corner:
Thanks to all of you for your help, I have been racking my brain on this for days!!!
My assumption (wrong) was that I had to be inside a category to post something in there + was expecting a “New Topic” icon on the top right side of the window (near the chat, search,… area).
Going out of the category and now realizing that the “+” red icon become fully red instead of shadowy means that I can start a new topic from there!