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Transgender students flooding crisis hotlines over Trump plans to remove protections

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Many teens worry about how their lives could change once he takes office.

During his presidential bid, Trump pledged to impose wide-ranging restrictions and roll back civil rights protections for transgender students.

The Rainbow Youth Project has received more than 5,500 calls to its crisis hotline in the past 10 days , up from the 3,700 calls it typically gets every month .

LGBTQ+ advocates are mobilizing to address the despair they see rising among transgender and nonbinary youth.

About 1 in 4 transgender students said they had attempted suicide in the past year , the CDC said.

Advocates are reaching young people online through social media platforms like Twitch and YouTube .