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The Trump administration ended a suicide and crisis hotline specifically for LGBTQ+ youth five months ago.

Los Angeles County has directed its staff to try to create its own hotline.

Five months after the Trump administration shuttered a suicide and crisis hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, Los Angeles County has launched an effort to try to create its own hotline to fill the void.

In July the Trump Administration eliminated the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s “press 3” option, which previously connected LGBTQ+ youth with specially trained counselors.

At the time, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which funds the 988 hotline, said it would not “si

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