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The Trump administration is cutting the 988 special service for LGBTQ+ youth, but there are still several existing lifelines for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis. Here are some.
The move aims to help save the lives of at-risk young people.
The move, including tests of artificial intelligence, comes after some people live-streamed suicides on the site.
The contracted employees who are out of a job say they’re upset about the timing and the way the layoffs were announced.
The Trevor Project says help to at-risk queer youth was delayed after the group was flooded with fake pleas for help.
The Trevor Project called it a “fatal proposal.”
A leaked budget draft shows the federal government's plans to eliminate all funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services.
As lawmakers target the community, the need for mental health services skyrockets. FOLX Health CEO Liana Douillet Guzmán tells The Advocate about a new service that's helping.
The Call Me by Your Name star said he’d been sexually abused as a child and called out what he called “cancel-culture, woke-mob business.”
The third richest woman in the world is putting her money where her mouth is.
"The political targeting of LGBTQ+ youth — and transgender and nonbinary youth in particular — must stop," says Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black.
“It’s hard to get bipartisan letters, let alone legislation, on topics involving the LGBTQ+ community,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi said. “But this one touches a nerve."
“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.
The closure is several months ahead of its initial October 1 deadline, first revealed by leaked budget draft in April.
The internet rumor is false, but there are still resources available for people in crisis.
LGBTQ+ youth are afraid, confused, and anxious about the outcome of the election, The Trevor Project said. Here are some resources.
The Trevor Project partners with Facebook to reach LGBT youth in crisis through instant messaging.
Despite bipartisan pushback, the Department of Health and Human Services is scheduled to discontinue the specialized service next week.
“While we strongly disagree with the many actions taken by the Trump Administration targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, we believe that suicide prevention should be a nonpartisan issue," the Democratic senators wrote.
Karine Jean-Pierre and others have called out Trump’s proposed cuts to LGBTQ+ suicide prevention services, which health experts and advocates alike say could devastate the 988 lifeline for queer youth.
"This administration has made a dangerous decision to play politics with real young people’s lives," Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black said.
