1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

Restore the 988 Lifeline's specialized LGBTQ+ youth services — fully, unconditionally, and with the $33.1 million in dedicated funding that was stripped away. A vague letter promising to "evaluate" restoration while tying it to an executive order that rejects transgender identities is not a plan. It's a delay tactic. These services worked. Before the July 17th shutdown, more than 1.5 million LGBTQ+ young people were reached through the Press 3 option. Forty percent of transgender and nonbinary youth seriously considered suicide in the past year. Eleven percent attempted it. The Trevor Project, which handled more than half of all contacts through this program, built something that saved lives — and the administration dismantled it anyway, claiming it didn't want to "silo" LGBTQ+ callers. That reasoning was dishonest then and it's dishonest now. Any restoration that forces trans youth to navigate a system that officially refuses to recognize who they are is not a restoration — it's a trap. Hold this administration to a real commitment: reinstate the program as it existed, with full funding, full inclusion, and no executive order carve-outs that leave the most vulnerable kids behind.