Queer and transgender college students struggle to cope with anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, rhetoric and violence. This year alone, state lawmakers have filed at least 340 anti-LGBTQ+ bills, according to the Human Rights Campaign, and at least 25 have passed.

Fentanyl, the dangerously potent opioid, has swept the nation over the past decade. The drug is roughly 50 times stronger than heroin and has led to a dramatic spike in overdose deaths in many cities. The fentanyl epidemic, as many are now labeling it, has claimed thousands of lives and continues to reap its bloody toll on Americans from all walks of life.

The opioid epidemic is a public health crisis and has claimed the lives of 2226 Virginians in the year of 2021 alone. Any person, no matter their age, income, or any other demographic, can experience an overdose or develop and struggle with a substance use disorder. Knowing how to respond and possibly reverse an opioid overdose can save someone’s life and might help them access needed resources for recovery!  

The shooting of three students at U-Va., who were all Black, has hit hard a tight-knit community on campus.