![Kayla Richardson, a first-year student, had her first month of college turned upside down when this video was posted on YouTube, and a wave of death threats started. (Screenshot courtesy of Young Americas Foundation YouTube)](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Kayla-Richardson.jpg)
She challenged Matt Walsh on gender-affirming care. Then the death threats started.
Kayla Richardson had her first month of college disrupted after a video of her was posted to a right-wing YouTube account
![Matt Walsh clenches his fist as he speaks in University Chapel on Sept. 18.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/JMK_5198-1-1200x801.jpg)
Fact-checking Matt Walsh’s rhetoric against trans rights
The conservative commentator said the transgender community “inflicts more damage on itself” than he does. What’s the truth?
![Transgender pride flags line the walkway to University Chapel on Monday, Sept. 18, the day Matt Walsh is scheduled to speak.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Image-8.jpeg)
Campus community reacts to Matt Walsh talk
Walsh’s rescheduled event inspired less pushback, compared to last semester
![A photo shows multiple signs and papers. The focus is a yellow and black sign reading What is a Fallacy? with Matt Walsh.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/what_is_a_fallacy_-900x889.jpg)
Petition opposing Matt Walsh visit nets over 600 signatures
Students, alumni, faculty and staff supported a petition asking the administration to disallow Walsh's visit
![A Tweet from Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog that reads, We were minding our own business when suddenly the trans movement came along and demanded that we totally abandon biology, common sense, and truth itself for its sake. Our war against this scourge is a defensive struggle. They started it. They wanted this fight. Now they have it. The tweet was posted March 5, 2023.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_0251-900x813.jpg)
The conservative “war” against trans people
An attempt to decode anti-trans rhetoric, using tweets from future campus speaker Matt Walsh