President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered the national LGBT+ youth suicide hotline to shut down next month, in a decision advocates called “devastating.”
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will be closing the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services — also known as the “Press 3 option” — on July 17, the agency said in a statement. The agency said it would no longer “silo LGB+ youth services...to focus on serving all help seekers, including those previously served through the Press 3 option.”
