Donald Trump Win Prompts Increase in Calls to LGBTQ Suicide Hotlines
The last time phones rang off the hook at the Trevor Project — the leading national organisation providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth ages 25 and under — was in June, after the deadly shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
But as it became clear on election night that Donald Trump would become the 45th president of the United States, calls to the Trevor Project’s hotline began to steadily increase, very quickly doubling in number from the usual daily volume.
Ditto for the hotline of Trans Lifeline, an organisation dedicated to the well-being of transgender people, which reported close to 300 calls in the hours immediately following the election.
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