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The Trevor Project represented during a parade

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.

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Bipartisan House coalition demands RFK Jr. reverse Trump’s plan to end LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline

“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."

Joe Don Rooney

Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney has nothing against the community, but says he isn't trans

Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney has broken his silence in the public eye by addressing rumors claiming that he is transgender and transitioning.

Martha Redbone headlining concert for Nic Pagano LGBTQ benefit concert addiction treatment

An NYC musician lost his son to fentanyl. Now, he's honoring him with an LGBTQ+ benefit show

Musician Rich Pagano is honoring his son's legacy with a benefit concert for the Nic Pagano Scholarship Fund, which helps LGBTQ+ people pay for addiction treatment.

Jaymes Black of Trevor Project speaks at a podium surrounded by a coalition of bipartisan lawmakers calling for the LGBTQ 988 lifeline to be reinstated

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.”

worried teen checking cell phone

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.

Reps. Eric Sorensen, Sharice Davids and Ritchie Torres

Democrats Push for Mental Health Support for LGBTQ+ Youth

Three members of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus proposed the new bill.

LGBTQ+ overdoses

This is what fuels addiction in LGBTQ+ people, and what's available to help (exclusive)

LGBTQ+ people face escalating discrimination and a social life often dominated by alcohol-centric social spaces, but there are many other resources available to them.

Kochina Rude Overdose Prevention Awareness

San Francisco is fighting opioid overdoses by giving out Narcan at drag shows — and this queen started it

"I realized that my community was not getting the information they needed about how to reverse an overdose," KochinaRude tells The Advocate.

Chuck Schumer and RFK Jr

Chuck Schumer demands reinstatement of federal HIV funding after RFK Jr.’s ‘indiscriminate cuts’

With HIV vaccine research canceled and prevention programs dismantled, the Democratic Senate minority leader expects answers from the Department of Health and Human Services before July.

Sharice Davids

Rep. Sharice Davids introduces bill to improve mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth

"We are failing our most vulnerable children on this issue," Davids said.

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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.