Two months ago the Trump administration terminated the national crisis line program aimed at preventing suicide among LGBTQ+ young people.

Until it was halted, LGBTQ+ people under 25 who were in crisis could dial the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and “press 3″ or “text PRIDE” to reach a counselor to get help. Individuals were then connected to trained staff at The Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ+ crisis intervention, advocacy and education organization.

But on July 17, the Trump administration pulled the plug on the help line, saying the LGBTQ+ program had run out of funds appropriated by Congress and that funding would have had to be redirected from another part of the 988 crisis line program for it to continue.

“Our country’s federal government — including the very agency in charge o

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