Valerie Richardson
Articles by Valerie Richardson
World Athletics bars post-pubescent biological males from female track-and-field contests
World Athletics, the track-and-field governing body, banned athletes who have gone through male puberty from competing in women's elite events, saying it had decided to prioritize "fairness and the integrity of the female competition before inclusion." Published March 23, 2023
Conservative authors take on wave of pro-transgender children’s books with ‘She is She’
There is no shortage of pro-transgender books for kids on library shelves, which is one reason that conservative activists Ryan and Bethany Bomberger decided to write a book of their own. Published March 23, 2023
Stanford Law won’t discipline student protesters, but puts diversity dean on leave
Stanford Law Dean Jenny Martinez announced Wednesday that the diversity dean who scolded a federal judge during a protest melee is now on leave, but that the left-wing student activists who shouted down the judge will not be disciplined. Published March 22, 2023
Newsmax reaches deal to return to DirecTV after getting the boot for two months
Newsmax will return to DirecTV after the companies announced a deal to resolve a bitter dispute over carriage fees led to the popular conservative news channel being dumped for two months. Published March 22, 2023
Republican women not feeling the love during Women’s History Month
Democrat Maura Healey and Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders became the first women to serve as governors of their states this year, but only one of them was honored this month by USA Today -- and it wasn't Mrs. Sanders. Published March 22, 2023
Leigh Finke, transgender legislator, wins USA Today 2023 ‘Women of the Year’ honors
A year after naming Rachel Levine as one of its "Women of the Year," USA Today has once again honored someone who wasn't always a woman. Published March 21, 2023
Judge Duncan to speak at Notre Dame after being shouted down at Stanford
U.S. District Judge Kyle Duncan hasn't given up on speaking at universities despite being jeered and shouted down by left-wing student activists at Stanford Law School. Published March 21, 2023
Trans student urges Supreme Court to keep block on West Virginia’s girls’ sports law
Attorneys for a 12-year-old biological male who competes on a girls' track team asked the Supreme Court Monday to keep on hold West Virginia's Save Women's Sports Act, dismissing the state's request for an emergency ruling as an overreaction. Published March 20, 2023
Credit cards caught in political crosshairs over tracking firearms purchases
The world's largest credit card companies are caught in the middle of a political slugfest over a newly created category that tracks purchases at gun stores. Published March 20, 2023
Wyoming bans biological males in girls’ sports
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has allowed a bill barring biological males from female scholastic sports to become law without his signature, but he isn't happy about it. Published March 19, 2023
Wyoming becomes first state to outlaw abortion pills
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill making it illegal to prescribe or dispense abortion pills, making his state the first to place an outright ban on what has become the nation's most common method of pregnancy termination. Published March 18, 2023
Kirk Cameron draws protesters in drag for children’s book reading at Arkansas library
Kirk Cameron drew another large crowd and some protesters at a reading of his children's book in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the latest stop on his national library tour offering an alternative to drag queen story hours. Published March 18, 2023
Massachusetts trans athlete runs into opposition after helping girls’ team win track title
Another outcry over transgender athletes is brewing, this time in Massachusetts over a student who helped Brookline High School win a girls' state track-and-field championship after transitioning from male to female. Published March 16, 2023
Sen. Cruz wants Texas bar to scrutinize Stanford applicants who heckled conservative judge
Passing the bar in Texas could become that much more difficult for the Stanford Law School students who shouted down a conservative federal judge. Published March 16, 2023
Texas judge hears arguments in challenge to FDA’s approval of abortion drug
A federal judge in Texas heard arguments but did not rule Wednesday on whether to block the Food and Drug Administration's approval of a pregnancy-termination drug, a case viewed as the most significant legal battleground on abortion since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Published March 15, 2023
Cruz calls on Stanford to fire diversity dean, discipline students who shut down federal judge
Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, called on Stanford officials to reprimand the students who last week shouted down a speech by a conservative federal judge, as well as fire the administrator who scolded the guest speaker instead of the agitators. Published March 15, 2023
‘Cut the check’: San Francisco board urged to adopt reparations report with $5M payouts
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors came under pressure Tuesday to accept a draft proposal on reparations that includes $5 million for each eligible Black adult resident, a budget-busting figure increasingly embraced by supporters as the baseline. Published March 15, 2023
DeSantis defends ban on ‘mutilation of minors’ after Biden rips Florida’s ‘cruel’ trans policies
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came out swinging after President Biden blasted Florida's initiatives on transgender youth as "cruel" and "close to sinful." Published March 14, 2023
Ex-transgender ‘detransitioners’ raise red flags about ‘gender-affirming care’
They may never have a week named in their honor or a flag flown outside a federal building, but formerly transgender people switching back to their original sex are becoming increasingly impossible to ignore. Published March 14, 2023
DeSantis moves to revoke hotel’s liquor license over ‘sexually explicit’ drag show open to kids
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is hitting entertainment venues where it hurts, threatening their liquor licenses over bawdy Christmas drag performances with children in attendance. Published March 14, 2023
