The Trump Administration is considering budget cuts that could eliminate the 988 crisis hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, raising alarm among advocates. Brad Becker, founder of the LGBT National Help Center, questions the moral implications of such cuts, emphasizing their detrimental effects on vulnerable youth seeking help. With concerns about overall health spending, advocates like Tina Aguirre underscore the urgent need for community action to protest these potential reductions, as local organizations may struggle to fill the gap in essential support services for LGBTQ+ individuals.
"Is that really what this country wants to do? Is that really what we're about? To demonize and hurt kids that are struggling with their identity and finally starting to come to terms with themselves?"
"Cutting off one organization not only impacts that organization, but also impacts our individual members of the community and all of the other organizations that are trying to be of support."
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