Newsom slams Trump administration over plan to cut funding for LGBT-specific suicide counseling

Published April 26, 2025 10:42am ET



Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) backed a bill Friday that would print the number for a suicide hotline and LGBT crisis center on the back of all public middle and high school student ID cards. 

The move is in direct opposition to President Donald Trump‘s administration plan to cut funding for a nonprofit network that provides LGBT-specific youth counseling at the suicide hotline. The California governor criticized the plan, claiming the government is “walk[ing] away from its responsibility” to provide such resources.

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