The 988 cliff for LGBTQ+ youth

From September 2022 to July 2025, LGBTQ+ youth and young adults had specialized help when they reached the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Then that help went away.

This image shows an area chart demonstrating that calls, texts or chats to 988 by LGBTQ+ youth seeking specialized services through "option 3" rose continuously from September 2022 to July 2025 — then suddenly dropped down to zero, since the option was discontinued. The visualization looks like a cliff.

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Chart: Orion Rummler, The 19th NewsSource: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)Get the dataEmbed Created with Datawrapper