“The Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons recently appeared on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” (via The Daily Beast) and spoke out against President Trump’s administration for shutting down one of the nation’s LGBTQ+ crisis hotlines. As of July 18, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline no longer has a specialized LGBTQ+ operation, meaning callers do not have the option anymore to “press 3” and reach counselors trained to respond to LGBTQ+ crisis issues.
“I think it’s quite literally criminal,” said Parsons, who is openly gay and married his husband, Todd Spiewak, in 2017. “It’s one of the kinds of decisions that you’re like, ‘There’s no good reason for it.’
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