The Outlook is our weekly roundup of political issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community.The LGBTQ+ youth option on the 988 crisis line may be shut down Oct. 1, per a draft U.S. Department of Health and Human Services budget. The line launched in 2022 to support queer youth at higher risk for suicide.The Trump administration has brought its request to deny transgender troops from serving in the Armed Forces to the U.S. Supreme Court.In California, LGBTQ+ Democrat Jake Rakovis looking to challenge his former boss, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), for his seat in the 2026 primaries. Equality Michigan warns that federal actions may derail gender-affirming carein the state. California Congressman Robert Garcia traveled to El Salvador to inquire on the well-being of Andry Hernndez Romero, a gay asylum seeker who was detained and incarcerated in El Salvador.The post The OutLook: LGBTQ+ politics & policy: April 25, 2025 appeared first on News Is Out.