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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.
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 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 move aims to help save the lives of at-risk young people.
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 Trevor Project partners with Facebook to reach LGBT youth in crisis through instant messaging.
The move, including tests of artificial intelligence, comes after some people live-streamed suicides on the site.
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.
“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.
The contracted employees who are out of a job say they’re upset about the timing and the way the layoffs were announced.
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.
The Trevor Project says help to at-risk queer youth was delayed after the group was flooded with fake pleas for help.
“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."
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.
The closure is several months ahead of its initial October 1 deadline, first revealed by leaked budget draft in April.
Lawmakers say the move to eliminate 988’s LGBTQ+ youth line is “shortsighted and dangerous” and “will have lethal consequences.”
The iconic singer is working on the ground to support the island he calls home.
Over 100 celebrities are calling on Congress to secure funding for a hotline that supports LGBTQ+ youth considering suicide.
