Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Trump reopened an LGBTQ+ suicide hotline. But the department that runs it vows to ‘restore biological truth’

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While organizations celebrate the reinstatement of the ‘press 3’ option by Samsha, details about rollout and training counselors remain secretFor nearly three years, counselors through the <a href="https://988lifeline.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline</a> for LGBTQ+ individuals answered more than <a href="https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health/988/performance-metrics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">1.5m</a> calls, texts and online chats – until the Trump administration <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/trevor-project-lgbtq-youth-suicide-lifeline-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">terminated</a> it in July 2025. But now, more than a year later, the service is back online.The federal agency that oversees the lifeline, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Samhsa), shuttered the specialized national lifeline service known as the “press 3” option for financial reasons last year, though critics cited political motivations. After pressure from activists, LGBTQ+ organizations, and politicians, Congress approved legislation to allocate more than <a href="https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/krishnamoorthi-evo.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/outgoing-letter-to-rep-krishnamoorthi-sps-00546617.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">$33m to services for queer youth</a>, including to the specialized lifeline. While suicide prevention and LGBTQ+ rights groups celebrate the reinstatement, details about the rollout and how the counselors will be trained remain shrouded in secrecy. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/27/trump-reinstate-lgbtq-youth-suicide-lifeline" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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