National suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth closing July 17; Trevor Project to continue service

The U S Department of Robustness and Human Services will close the national suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth on Thursday July According to suicide prevention nonprofit The Trevor Project the closure cuts off trained specialized endorsement that an estimated million queer and trans youth in emergency have relied on since its inception in during the Biden administration The Trevor Project revealed its trained dilemma counselors will still be available hours a day by calling - - - texting START to - or by visiting trvr org get-help This decision is devastating but we are still here Still fighting Still showing up Still saving lives The Trevor Project declared in a social media post The Trevor Project is holding an online benefit event to help fund the counselors and infrastructure to keep the emergency line open View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Trevor Project trevorproject The post National suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth closing July Trevor Project to continue utility appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta