NOT SURPRISED? –
June 18, 2025 – The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will no longer use its LGBTQ youth service line starting July 17. Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black called the decision “devastating,” adding, “Suicide prevention is about people, not politics.”
The agency said it will “no longer silo LGB+ youth services” — notably removing the “T” representing the trans community in the initialism — to “focus on serving all help seekers, including those previously served through the Press 3 option.”
The Press 3 option rolled out as a pilot program in 2022 in a government contract with the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ people. Those in need of help would call 988 and be given the option to “press 3” to connect with counselors trained to assist people up to age 25.
