Trump to end LGBTQ crisis hotline… why?

[YoursTruly]

Because the LGBT community are a bunch of retards. If they need help, let them head to the nearest insane asylum and check themselves in.

 

[fncceo]

Why not? Is a crisis hotline that helps the youth

Kids… not gay enough? Call 1 800 GLITTER

Brought to you by the US Government… the gayest government in the world.

 

[Slade3200]

The trans aspect seems to be the issue from reading the link.

In all honesty it's being pushed too much. Probably want to abandon that hill

Ok it’s being pushed too much and there are some real debatable issues… by why cut off I lifeline to children and teens. A support system that’s actually being used. Saying that trans rights is pushed too much just does cut it.

 

[Slade3200]

I don;t know anything about this hotline but how does it work? How much does it cost? If it saves lives, the costs may be worth it but I don't have these details.

Trump suggested a few months ago that his administration might push ads on TV to educate the youth to stay off of drugs. Why? It could save lives.

I’d have no objections to educational ads to help keep kids off drugs. I just don’t understand cutting off a support line that kids are actually using. That seems to go beyond politics to me

 

[Slade3200]

What is the slant with which the LGBT hotline answers these calls? If they are government funded, they will be agenda driven. So what agenda and I asked to pay for this time?

Frankly, I'm very skeptical of claims that LGBT-Q++ youth are constantly on the verge of mass suicide, and that such deaths can only be averted by granting Democrats everything they want.

Slade3200, why would I need to justify NOT spending money on this? You justify the costs, and the loss of opportunities to spend that money elsewhere.

The line has shown a need. Over 2k calls a day. And hell yes it is agenda driven. The agenda is to help kids who are in crisis.

 

[Slade3200]

Mental health hotlines exist and are appropriate for these circumstances.

And this was one that had massive use. So why cut it off?

 

[Slade3200]

Isn't there already a suicide hotline?

Yup. Then they started this one for kids struggling with LGBTQ issues and it takes over 2k calls a day. So it’s being used. Why cut it off?

 

[Slade3200]

Can't they just call a regular crisis hotline?

They’ve been calling me this one. In massive numbers. So why cut it off? Nobody has answered this question yet except for one person who said they are pushing trans too much. I think it’s a loss poor answer but that’s all we got so far

 

[fncceo]

Then they started this one for kids struggling with LGBTQ issues and it takes over 2k calls a day.

Sounds like all those 2,000 calls have ONE thing in common.

If only science could determine what that is.

 

[BluesLegend]

OMG it's a CRISIS! OP by all means empty your bank account and make a donation to the new LGBTQ hotline before someone dies. Lead by example.

Fake ass OP will now run for the thread exit clutching his wallet.

 

[Slade3200]

Fruitcakes gonna fruitcake... even if it means killing themselves... for every hot-line life saved, I'll bet a hundred are lost...

The solution? Call a friggin' Emergency Room or your local psychiatrist. After all... its a Mental Health matter anyway...

Meanwhile... the Line is not being shut down... its services will be available to everyone regardless of race, orientation, etc...

D.E.I. continues to D.I.E in the Federal workspace... as it should...

They are eliminating the option the hotline provides for LGBTQ support… first two paragraphs of the article I lined in the OP

President Trump’s administration has ordered a crisis service for LGBTQ youth to close within 30 days in a move that opponents have said will have dire consequences.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) said in a news release late Tuesday that 988, the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, will “no longer silo” LGBTQ youth services, also known as the “Press 3 option,” beginning July 17 “to focus on serving all help seekers, including those previously served through the Press 3 option.”

 

[Slade3200]

Democrats think the solution to depression/mental illness is to drug the patient and cut his pee pee off, so he can shower in the girls locker room. Seriously, that's their "cure".

In this case the “solution” was a support line to help kids in need. Trump cut it off. Pretty fucked up

 

[Slade3200]

Well ending the Press 3 option on the hotline doesn't really end their access to a voice on the other end so I am not sure that this really means much.

Ok, fair point. But why end it? It gets 2000 inquires a day?

Maybe people can go see a child psychologist to talk about grief issues too.

 

[Slade3200]

Having a hotline for only one specific group is prejudicial. Our tax dollars should not support such blatant discrimination towards anyone outside of that fringe community.

The hotline isnt for one specific group. Learn about the subject before you comment on it

 

[Slade3200]

If you’re LGBT … it’s not a crisis.

At least not for the taxpayers

Nobody said it was. But many people are in crisis with issues related to lgbtq. And that was a place they could go for support

 

[fncceo]

LGBTQ support

Is that a store that sells black eyeliner and anal bleach?

 

[fncceo]

Nobody said it was. But many people are in crisis with issues related to lgbtq. And that was a place they could go for support

If you’re getting 2k crisis calls a day because people are having problems with being LGBT then, just perhaps, the problem isn’t the phone number.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Why not? Is a crisis hotline that helps the youth

They can call the regular crisis holiness. Or, the people paying violent protests can pay for it.

 

[luiza]

Why. It?

It’s public problem

So are you .

But we do not need public money to rid ourselves of an irritant if required .

 

[DonGlock26]

Why not? Is a crisis hotline that helps the youth

How much money have you donated to them?