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“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.
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 out athlete has supported the organization since coming out publicly.
Carl Nassib, who came out as gay before retiring from pro football, announced the donation on the NFL Network’s Good Morning Football show.
Beshear signed the executive order after similar legislation repeatedly failed in the Republican-dominated state legislature earlier this year.
"I dropped out of high school after being outed in the 90s," writes Jaymes Black. "Now I’m a CEO for the leading LGBTQ+ mental health nonprofit."
Black previously led the nonprofit group Family Equality.
