The Trump administration has reinstated a press-3 option on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline that serves LGBTQ+ people, The Guardian reported, more than a year after the service was ended. The option is run by SAMHSA, and organizations have celebrated the move, according to the outlet.
The Guardian said that for nearly three years, counselors through the service answered more than 1.5 million calls, texts and online chats before the Trump administration terminated it in July 2025.
The outlet reported that details about how the service will be rolled out and how counselors will be trained remain secret, even as organizations celebrated the restoration. The Guardian's excerpt does not say who has disclosed those details or who has withheld them.
The Guardian's headline also states that the department that runs the line has vowed to "restore biological truth." The excerpt available for this report does not explain how that pledge relates to the service.
The Guardian's headline describes the step as reopening the hotline, while the excerpt uses the word reinstatement for the same action. The excerpt also does not name the organizations that celebrated the move.
This report draws on the excerpt of a single article written by Melissa Hellmann and published by The Guardian, which is available in full at The Guardian's full report. Details beyond the excerpt are not reflected here.