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LGBTQ+ crisis hotline help: Alternatives to dialling 988

LGBTQ+ crisis hotline help: Alternatives to dialling 988

Séamus Bellamy
Jul 23, 2025
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No matter how hard you fact-check, sooner or later online disinformation is going to get you. A few weeks ago, I wrote about a Canadian LGBTQ+ helpline that was stepping up to fill the gap left by defunded American services.

This. Was. Not. True.

Well, the bit where the Trump administration planned on yoinking the cash from 988 …

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