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Despite bipartisan pushback, the Department of Health and Human Services is scheduled to discontinue the specialized service next week.
The closure is several months ahead of its initial October 1 deadline, first revealed by leaked budget draft in April.
The Pride in Mental Health Act, introduced Thursday by U.S. Sens. Laphonza Butler and Tina Smith, comes at a time of crisis for LGBTQ+ young people..
This new federal government report makes it clear that being LGBT is normal and trying to change a child's gender identity or sexual orientation puts them 'at risk of serious harm.'
The government is
claiming it's a coincidence that a federal Web site
containing health resources for gay men and lesbians
disappeared less than two weeks after the right-wing
Family Research Council complained to a top government
official, but LGBT advocates, including House member
Tammy Baldwin (pictured), aren't buying it.
Three members of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus proposed the new bill.
The president released a statement of affirmation, plus a new report on mental health and a call for support across the federal government.
It will be the second year that the suicide prevention organization will provide services to young people in distress.
The three-digit number will provide easier access than the existing, longer one.
"This administration has made a dangerous decision to play politics with real young people’s lives," Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black said.
Intimate partner violence is a serious yet oft-ignored issue facing LGBT people, says the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs. To help break the cycle, Patrick Dati shares his experience.
“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.
“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 bill is the first one with LGBTQ+ provisions to be unanimously approved by both houses of Congress.
"We are failing our most vulnerable children on this issue," Davids said.
The order directs federal agencies to address health care, education, conversion therapy, homelessness, foster care, and more.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights and the Human Rights Campaign have drafted a model bill.
“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.
