(LifeSiteNews) — Radical leftist California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill last week that requires schools to advertise an LGBT “hotline” for gender-confused kids.
The bill, AB 727, was signed into law October 10. It requires all of the state’s middle schools, high schools, and colleges to print the phone number for the Trevor Project, a radical LGBT organization that has long provided an online platform for kids and young adults to chat about their “gender identities.” The law comes as a response to the Trump administration cutting federal funding for the Trevor Project’s hotline over the summer.
“Every student deserves to feel safe, supported, and seen for who they are. While some in Washington turn their backs on LGBTQ youth, California is choosing compassion over cruelty,” Newsom said in a statement after signing the bill. “AB 727 makes it clear: your identity doesn’t disqualify you from care and community – it’s exactly why we are fighting to make it easier to reach.”
Despite Newsom’s claim about LGBT-identifying students being “disqualified” from mental health care, California law already requires all public and private schools to print information for a general suicide prevention hotline on student IDs.
Medical research has also found that while gender-confused children are more likely to commit suicide, there is overwhelming evidence that people who undergo so-called “gender transitioning,” as the Trevor Project advocates, are more likely to commit suicide than those who are not given irreversible surgery.
Back in July, Trump’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shut down its LGBT extension of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline as part of the president’s defunding of radical LGBT programs.
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“The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will no longer silo LGB+ youth services, also known as the ‘Press 3 option,’ to focus on serving all help seekers, including those previously served through the Press 3 option,” SAMHSA’s July press release read.
Newsom has a long history of supporting LGBT ideology in schools. In 2024, the Democratic governor signed AB 1955, a particularly egregious bill that requires educators to keep students’ “gender identities” a secret, prompting lawsuits from parents.
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