Ariana Grande, Pedro Pascal and another 100 celebrities ask that the US maintain the funds for suicide prevention for young LGTBIQ+ | People
“As artists, creators and public figures, our positions entail a responsibility. And today, that responsibility is clear: we must raise the voice to protect the mental health and life of the young LGBTQ+. We will not be silent.” With these words begins an open letter signed by more than 100 Hollywood celebrities, including Pedro Pascal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, Dua Lipa and Daniel Radcliffe. The objective is to request the United States Government to maintain a federal program that provides suicide prevention services to people LGTBIQ+. The non -profit organization The Trevor Project is the one behind this petition, which was published on June 2, in which it asks the Donald Trump administration to protect the financing of 50 million dollars (almost 44 million euros, to the current exchange) of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline project, which offers support 24 hours a day during the seven days of the week to the youth of the collective.
The letter takes place after last April a filtering draft of the US Department of Health and Human Services revealed that the Government considered eliminating the federal funds of the Services of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which gives emergency help to young people LGTBIQ+ with suicidal thoughts. The objective of this letter is to ask the administration of the current Republican President and the Congress to “restore and protect” the 988 Suicide & Lifeline crisis funds in the budget of fiscal year 2026. In the letter, it is also noted that this cut will have “devastating and potentially mortal consequences for young LGTBIQ+ of the entire country”.
“We are deeply touched by the proposal to eliminate federal financing for specialized services for young LGBTQ+ of the aid for suicides and crisis 988, a measure that will have devastating and potentially mortal consequences for young people throughout the country,” said the letter also signed by other celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Sarah Paulson, Troye Sivan and Cara Delevingne. And he adds: “We will not be silent.” The letter continues like this: “These are people, not politics. In a moment of deep division, let’s let this be something that we can all agree on: no young man should run out of help in their darkest moment. Strip them of this lifeguard leaves the young LGTBIQ+ with the message that it is not worth saving their lives. We refuse to accept that message,” the signatories point out, which are mostly dedicated to the world of entertainment. Later, in the request it is expressed: “You may be hurt. You may be afraid. You may feel that no one listens to you, but we will continue manifesting us. We will not stop fighting for you. ”
Jaymes Black, director of The Trevor Proyect, publicly expressed her gratitude to the Hollywood stars than for her support. “I am deeply grateful to the influential voices of entertainment. Young LGTBIQ+ disproportionately experience rejection, stigma and discrimination, discrimination, And they sail for a world that too often tells them that they do not belong to him, ”he said in a statement collected by the agency Infobae.
In the petition, The Trevor Project states that this program, launched in 2022, has connected about 1.3 million people with advisors “who save lives” and remember that young people from the group are four times more likely to try to commit suicide than heterosexual people. Regarding this, the organization estimates that more than 1.8 million young people LGTBIQ+ in the United States consider “seriously” take their lives every year, and at least one tries to commit suicide every 45 seconds.
People with suicidal behaviors and their relatives can call 024, a line of attention from the Ministry of Health. They can also go to Hope Telephone (717 003 717), dedicated to the prevention of this problem. In cases that affect minors, the Anar Foundation has the 900 20 10 and chat phone https://www.anar.org/ Help to children and adolescents.
