Why a bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding Trump save the LGBTQ+ 988 crisis lifeline
One lawmaker called the administration's explanation for cutting the service “insufficient and dangerous.”
July 17, 2025
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Lawmakers call out Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ‘unconscionable’ apathy on eve of LGBTQ+ 988 Lifeline shutdown
“It’s heartbreaking, scary, and deeply harmful,” Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, who said the Department of Health and Human Services should keep the successful suicide prevention program intact, told The Advocate.
July 16, 2025
Experts brace for crisis as Trump administration’s end to key emergency resource for LGBTQ+ youth looms
Despite bipartisan pushback, the Department of Health and Human Services is scheduled to discontinue the specialized service next week.
July 11, 2025
Trump administration finalizes plan to eliminate LGBTQ+ 988 crisis services during WorldPride
The Trevor Project called it a “fatal proposal.”
June 9, 2025
House Democrats demand RFK Jr. stop Trump’s deadly plan to end LGBTQ+ suicide prevention services
Lawmakers say the move to eliminate 988’s LGBTQ+ youth line is “shortsighted and dangerous” and “will have lethal consequences.”
May 13, 2025
The Trevor Project Extends 988 Crisis Line Partnership to Support Vulnerable LGBTQ+ Youth
It will be the second year that the suicide prevention organization will provide services to young people in distress.
November 16, 2023
Trevor Project-Contracted Agency Lays Off 988 Suicide Crisis Counselors
The contracted employees who are out of a job say they’re upset about the timing and the way the layoffs were announced.
June 28, 2023