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Trump Administration to close LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline in 30 days

The closure is several months ahead of its initial October 1 deadline, first revealed by leaked budget draft in April.

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Ariana Grande & Pedro Pascal among 100 celebrities asking Congress to save LGBTQ+ youth 988 hotline

Over 100 celebrities are calling on Congress to secure funding for a hotline that supports LGBTQ+ youth considering suicide.

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Trump administration to defund suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth starting in October

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.

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These crisis hotlines are still available for LGBTQ+ youth after Trump ends special 988 services

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.

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Democratic senators denounce plan to cut LGBTQ+ suicide and crisis hotline

“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.

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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.

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This gay grandpa was fined $16k for protesting trans youth suicides, and he would 'do it again'

James Lantz tells The Advocate about his arrest for gluing his hand to a Capitol railing while protesting trans youth suicides.

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Donald Trump just spent a week showing us how much he despises children

Opinion: He's ruining Christmas, deporting American kids (one with cancer), endorsing conversion therapy and more discipline in schools, threatening Sesame Street, and eliminating a youth suicide hotline, writes John Casey.

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The closure is several months ahead of its initial October 1 deadline, first revealed by leaked budget draft in April.

Over 100 celebrities are calling on Congress to secure funding for a hotline that supports LGBTQ+ youth considering suicide.

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 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.

A new report from the agency recommends specialized services for LGBTQ youth and a three-digit hotline for all.

“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.

The three-digit number will provide easier access than the existing, longer one.

Lawmakers say the move to eliminate 988’s LGBTQ+ youth line is “shortsighted and dangerous” and “will have lethal consequences.”

It will be the second year that the suicide prevention organization will provide services to young people in distress.

The Trevor Project called it a “fatal proposal.”

The bill is the first one with LGBTQ+ provisions to be unanimously approved by both houses of Congress.

The number would provide ease of access for all, including particularly at-risk populations such as LGBTQ youth.

This decision by the Trump administration to abruptly end LGBTQ+ crisis support through 988 not only disregards empirical research but simultaneously silences the voices of countless vulnerable youth.

In case of a mental health crisis, people can call 988 as of July 16 to access help.

“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.

James Lantz tells The Advocate about his arrest for gluing his hand to a Capitol railing while protesting trans youth suicides.

Opinion: He's ruining Christmas, deporting American kids (one with cancer), endorsing conversion therapy and more discipline in schools, threatening Sesame Street, and eliminating a youth suicide hotline, writes John Casey.

LGBTQ+ groups are celebrating the Biden-Harris election and noting the work that lies ahead.

Opinion: A painstaking look at 100 of the top blunders, mishaps, and mistakes of Trump, his loyalists, and his minions, from John Casey.