US EditionProtesters Rally Outside Trump Tower over Cuts to LGBTQ+ Suicide Hotline
NEW YORK CITY, JUL 14 – Protesters urge reversal of funding cuts as specialized LGBTQ+ hotline has helped over 1.3 million youth and faces closure this week, risking counselor layoffs and service loss.
- On Saturday, protesters gathered outside Trump Tower, demanding restoration of funding to the National LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Hotline, whose LGBTQ+ option is due to close this week.
- Last month, the Trump administration cut federal funding for the Press Three Option, prompting Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project, to say `devastated and heart-broken` and highlighting its role in the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
- Over the past three years, the 988 LGBTQ+ program served more than 1.3 million young people, and Union Lifeline Workers warn that over 220 counselors will lose jobs on July 17 while LGBTQ+ youth face more than four times the suicide attempt rate of their peers.
- Rachael Fried warned `Cutting services for LGBTQ youth through the 988 Suicide & Crisis hotline will have deadly consequences`, and Anthony Feliciano said the cuts will ripple through the mental health system.
- Her allocation and federal funding underscore efforts to sustain crisis support, with Lynn Schulman securing $5 million in next year’s budget and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services planning to maintain $520 million for the 988 Lifeline in Fiscal Year 2026.
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