While research shows that many LGBTQ+ youth are battling mental health crises, a major lifeline to help them has gone silent.

The Trump administration discontinued the LGBTQ+- youth specific “Press 3” option within the U.S 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline on July 17, a move that many mental health advocates note is already causing a dangerous domino effect for queer youth, and the people working to help them.

“This is outrageous,” said Brad Becker, founder and president of LGBT National Help Center . “The folks that call 988 are obviously, by definition, in crisis. When LGBT folks call, it’s extremely helpful to have someone that they can speak to who has a personal understanding of what it’s like to be a member of the community.”

Since 2022, “Press 3” has provided LGBTQ+ youth, under

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