Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assemblymember Mark González’s bill aimed at combatting high rates of suicide and depression among queer youth. Looking on are Bridget McCarthy, left, who lost her LGBTQ+ son to suicide five years ago, and first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, right. .

Photo: Courtesy Governor’s Office

Fulfilling a promise he had made in the spring, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law legislation aimed at combatting the high rates of suicide and depression in LGBTQ youth. It was one of several bills addressing LGBTQ youth issues he approved in recent days.   On October 10 Newsom signed Assembly Bill 727 authored by gay Assemblymember Mark González (D-Los Angeles) to require public schools with grades 7-12, plus colleges and universities, add The Trevor Project’s 24 hour

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