The movement occurs as a continuation of the back of the Trump administration protections for the North -Americans LGBTQ+
In 988 National Suicide & Cris Lifeline announced that it would no longer provide support to LGBTQ+ young people and young adults on July 17, preventing the budget proposed by Donald Trump 2026, which would be Cut on service funding.
The line of life has served about 1.3 million people that began in September 2022. This week’s announcement, which occurs as a result of the United States Supreme Court ruling Defend Tennessee’s ban about the attention that the genre states for transgender minors, has concerns raised Among the LGBTQ+proponents.
The American Union of Civil Freedoms has described the Trump’s approach to LGBTQ+ rights as “erasing LGBTQ freedoms by shooting protections, forcing discrimination and the weapon of federal law against transgender people.” Before they close on July 17, Lifeline’s services are accessible to the “Press 3” option on the phone or responding “Pride” through text.
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The decision was made to “ no longer ” the services and “ focus -to serve all help search engines, including those that previously served through the press option 3, ” said the Department of Health and Human Services of the Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States (SAMHSA), said in a statement on Tuesday on Tuesday.
The ruling of the Supreme Court was a significant loss for trans supporters of trans rights in a case that could establish a precedent for dozens of other demands. The plaintiffs of the case, which were submitted last year by three families of trans children, argued that the law of the state was sex -based discrimination and, therefore, violated the case of protection equal to the 14th amendment. Tennessee argued that a ban on transgender care is needed to protect children from “experimental” medical treatment.
All major medical and mental health organizations in the United States have stated that the care of the gender can be based on evidence and medically necessary, as per The tutor. These groups also oppose political bans on this care.
According to the Williams Institute, about 1.6 North -Americans identify as trans, or approximately 0.5% of adults and 1.4% of young people.
The Trevor project said he received an official notice on Tuesday that the program ended, according to the Associated press. The non -profit is one of the seven centers that offers 988 crisis support services for LGBTQ+ people and serves almost half of the people who contact the lifestyle.
“The prevention of suicide is about people, not politics,” said Trevor Project CEO, Jaymes Black, in a statement. “The administration’s decision to eliminate an evidence -based bipartisan service that has effectively supported a group of high -risk young people through their darkest moments is incomprehensible.”
In his statement on the decision of 988, Samhsa referred to the “LGB+youth services”.
Black called the omission of the “T” that represented the “shouting” transgender. “Transgender people can never, and they will never be erased,” he said.
The Trevor project will continue to direct its mental health support services 24 hours a day, as will other organizations, and 988 leaders say that the care line will serve anyone who calls compassion.
North -American disease control and prevention centers said that there were 49,300 suicides in 2023, approximately the highest level in the country’s history, based on preliminary data.
Studies have shown that LGBTQ+ youth has a higher risk of suicide, including a CDC 2024 analysis that found 26% transgender and students who tried to commit suicide over the last year. This is compared to 5% of Cisgenere men and 11% of Cisgenere students.
Transgender young people flooded the crisis lines with calls after the President Donald Trump He was re -elected. Trump did the central anti-transgenre subjects in his campaign, and has since receded many protections of civil rights and access to the care of gender.
Trump signed the National Law on the designation of suicide from 2020 to October 2020.
The 988 specific subprogram for LGBTQ+ youth cost $ 33 million in 2024, according to Samhsa, and from June 2025, more than $ 33 million have been spent on services. The Trump 2026 administration’s budget proposal requested to maintain a total budget of $ 988 to $ 520 million even, while eliminating LGBTQ+services.
The Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., wants to wrap Samhsa and other agencies in a new HHS Office called Administration for a healthy America, where he would coexist with the employees of other agencies responsible for chemical exhibitions and work -related injuries.