Lambda Legal announced on Wednesday a win for LGBTQ+ and HIV groups as a judge ruled in a case brought by the civil rights organization that funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration be restored.$6.2 million in funding was at stake for nine organizations. Related Trump is ending the suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth. So California is filling the void. The move comes as the Trump administration ends the national suicide prevention hotlines LGBTQ+ support options. Lambda Legal filed the suit, San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump, in February, challenging three executive orders that sought to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and censor references to gender identity or LGBTQ+ populations. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today The plaintiffs included the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Los Angeles LGBT Center, the GLBT Historical Society of San Francisco, San Francisco Community Health Center, Prisma Community Care in Arizona, the NYC LGBT Community Center, the Bradbury-Sullivan Community Center in Pennsylvania, Baltimore Safe Haven, and trans support group FORGE in Wisconsin.The restored funding follows a ruling in early June from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granting a preliminary injunction blocking implementation of three of President Donald Trumps executive orders that threatened to defund these organizations.The court agreed that plaintiffs were likely to succeed in showing that multiple provisions of two anti-DEI executive orders and an anti-transgender executive order are unconstitutional. Lambda Legal argued that the executive orders violate the plaintiffs rights to equal protection, free speech, and due process, and that the orders likely violate the Separation of Powers.Jose Abrigo, senior attorney and HIV Project director at Lambda Legal, confirmed on Tuesday that the funding cuts had been restored. We have confirmed that our plaintiffs LGBTQ+ organizations providing critical services to their communities have seen their threatened funding restored, he said in a statement.Together, the groups provide a range of critical programs serving the LGBTQ+ community, including HIV treatment and prevention, sexual and reproductive health screenings and services, youth programs, homelessness prevention, and mental health and employment services, among others.We know the battle is far from over and there will be setbacks along the way, Abrigo added, but the cause is too important, and the need too great, for us to lose heart. The win comes amid a mixed record of success clawing back cuts by the Trump administration to programs focused on the LGBTQ+ community.This week, under pressure from a coalition of Senate Democrats and Republicans, the Trump administration acceded to a demand to restore over $400 million in cuts to PEPFAR, the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. That program was thrown into chaos earlier this year as Elon Musks DOGE initiative gutted foreign aid with the dismantlement of the USAID. The Senate has until Friday to approve the revised funding.Launched in 2003 by President George W. Bush to fund HIV prevention, treatment, and care, the program has been one of the most successful global health initiatives, saving tens of millions of lives and helping to combat HIV/AIDS in low-income countries, especially in Africa and the Caribbean. Despite its success, the president and congressional Republicans have repeatedly targeted the program, with social conservatives claiming PEPFAR funds are used to promote LGBTQ+ rights. At the Department of Health and Human Services, however, Democrats in Congress had no luck beating back the dismantlement of a service dedicated to LGBTQ+ youth. The so-called Press 3 option on the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline was eliminated today on orders from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy.This hotline has already saved countless lives, said out Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI). This shortsighted and dangerous plan undermines 988s ability to provide tailored support for a population with a higher risk of suicide and will have lethal consequences if enacted.Since it began operation with the support of the Trevor Project in 2022, the Press 3 option has helped support an increasing number of LGBTQ+ youth, with demand growing from 1,752 referrals in September 2022 to 58,924 in February 2025 alone.Calls reached their peak in January with Trumps inauguration. 60,711 callers that month shared their distress with Lifeline counselors.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.