PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The words “gay,” “lesbian,” “bisexual” and “transgender” were restored to the title of a government-sponsored workshop on suicide after a federal health agency was bombarded with email protests over their removal.

The local organizers of the panel discussion said they had been warned that if they did not change the title, the workshop might be canceled by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which funded it.

“I was told that the workshop ‘might not fly,’” said Ron Bloodworth, chair of the Northwest chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

So Bloodworth and his colleagues changed the title from “Suicide Prevention Among Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual /Transgender Individuals” to “Suicide Prevention in Vulnerable Populations.”

Flooded with hundreds of emailed protests from Oregon mental health advocates, the federal agency told the organizers they could revert to the original wording.

Mark Weber, a spokesperson for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said the agency’s name-change idea was purely a suggestion, not an order.

The workshop was one of more than 20 panel discussions that were on the agenda of the three-day conference, which took place Feb. 28-March 2.

Charles Curie, top official of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, planned to attend.