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Oakland woman 1st transgender contestant to qualify for ‘Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions’; Hopes to show trans kids they can too
Update on Amy Schneider: 40-game winning streak on Jeopardy! from November 2021 to January 2022, the second-longest win streak in the show’s history, behind only Ken Jennings, who hosted the show as she competed.
Oakland computer programmer Amy Schneider has won 6 Jeopardy! games so far, totaling $207,800. Kate Freeman was the first out transgender contestant to win in December of 2020, and Schneider is the first to qualify for the Tournament of Champions.
“The handful of trans contestants that had been on before, I had seen them, and it was really meaningful... Continue reading
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Tagged amy schneider, computer programmer, jeopardy!, kate freeman, tournament of champions, transgender
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You are better than enough
South Carolina, 1959. A nine-year old Black boy sat on a library counter refusing to leave until the librarian gave him his books. He did not care that the librarian had called the police. He was not phased that during this time in history, places of learning were staunchly segregated. He was unwavering as the police came marching in, confident that the knowledge he sought was rightfully his. And with courage and pride, Ronald... Continue reading
Denmark fighting prejudice with The Human Library
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Tagged challenge prejudices, challenge stereotypes, denmark, life story, the human library, unjudge someone
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CEO fired after publicly ridiculing Tennessee teen for his prom dress
A CEO of telemedicine company VisuWell in Tennessee, got fired for publicly making fun of male Franklin High School senior Dalton Stevens for wearing a dress to prom with his boyfriend.
Stevens felt good wearing it:
“I very much view clothes as genderless,” said Stevens.
“I was very confident,” Stevens said. “I knew that I felt beautiful, and I felt great.”
(via https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ceo-fired-after-publicly-ridiculing-tennessee-teen-over-his-prom-dress/... Continue reading
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Tagged ceo fired, Dalton Stevens, harassment, Jacon Geittmann, lgbtq+, Sam Johnson, VisuWell
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Colton Underwood: “I’m gay…I get to publicly and outwardly be happy and be me – all of me”
Nervous, but happy to finally be himself and accept himself, Colton Underwood shared with the world today that he is gay. He hid his true self all his life , wanting to be heterosexual, praying for it on the day he found out he was chosen to be the “Bachelor” in 2019, and thinking this was the answer to being happy.
It wasn’t the answer. As Colton told Robin Roberts, who also went through a similar experience of waiting to be her whole self publicly until 2013, coronavirus and the pandemic led him to really look at... Continue reading
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Tagged all of me, bachelor, beyou, colton underwood, gay, gma, i'm gay, itgetsbetter, lgbtq+, robin roberts
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Humanity: Getting away from the “other” mentality
The more we learn about someone, the easier it is to appreciate who they are. We aim at Me We Too to connect people and grow from the “other” mentality by showing how similar we all can be in lots of ways, while appreciating our differences. It’s about knowing each other’s story.
Don Lemon explained this “other” mentality stemming from not interacting with others, and not getting to know them, direct from the heart with his buddy and fellow CNN anchor Chris Cuomo:
Don Lemon: “Often times, when you don’t have a relationship with people like that, you don’t know them, you don’t see their humanity. But to you, it’s “other”. And, listen, you know where... Continue reading
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Tagged chris cuomo, cnn, don lemon, george floyd, humanity, other mentality
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Does anyone else cut their own hair? Yes, including George Clooney!
Not just a coronavirus pandemic have-to because the hair salon is closed…George Clooney is also one of the people who cuts his own hair because that’s the way he likes it. On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Clooney gave a demo on how he has cut his own hair in 2 minutes for the past 25 years since he bought the Flowbee:
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Tagged cut hair, cut your own hair, flowbee, george clooney, jimmy kimmel live
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A spider like part of the family
There’s arachnophobia – a fear of spiders – and then there’s this. Jake Gray from Australia posted this picture of a 15cm wide Banded Huntsman Spider named Charlotte who lives with him and his family, on the Australian spider identification Facebook page:
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