A leaked recording of a counseling session with a controversial LGBT activist group appeared to endorse a fictional teen’s plan to leave home and move in with her coach, who promised to facilitate access to cross-sex hormones and a double mastectomy.

The Trump administration's decision to stop working with the Trevor Project to provide suicide prevention hotline services to LGBTQ+ youth is the latest in a string of setbacks for the community.

The move comes as the Trump administration ends the national suicide prevention hotline’s LGBTQ+ support options.

The federal suicide hotline stopped targeted counseling for LGBTQ youth. Sharice Davids and a bipartisan group of lawmakers called for its return.

The Trevor Project’s 2024 national survey on the mental health of LGBTQ young people found that 39% of LGBTQ+ youth had seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including

Mainers called the LGBTQ+ hotline last year, according to the Trevor Project. Maine advocates say the elimination of this specialized service puts already vulnerable kids at risk. But they say there are still resources for LGBTQ+ youth to find support.

California will fund the Trevor Project's LGBTQ+ youth mental health hotline after federal cuts. The service handled 231,000 crisis contacts in 2024 alone.

The Trevor Project calls this a devastating blow for its LGBTQ+ community, because the hotline has provided help to as many as 1.3 million young people since 2022.