{"id":333,"date":"2021-11-29T10:21:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T10:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/?p=333"},"modified":"2022-03-25T22:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:00:18","slug":"oakland-woman-1st-transgender-contestant-to-qualify-for-jeopardy-tournament-of-champions-hopes-to-show-trans-kids-they-can-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mewetoo.com\/blog\/333\/oakland-woman-1st-transgender-contestant-to-qualify-for-jeopardy-tournament-of-champions-hopes-to-show-trans-kids-they-can-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland woman 1st transgender contestant to qualify for ‘Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions’; Hopes to show trans kids they can too"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Update on Amy Schneider:\u00a040-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.<\/p>\n

Oakland computer programmer Amy Schneider has won 6 Jeopardy! games so far, totaling\u00a0$207,800.\u00a0Kate Freeman was the first out transgender contestant to win in December of 2020, and Schneider\u00a0is the first to qualify for the Tournament of Champions.<\/p>\n

“The handful of trans contestants that had been on before, I had seen them, and it was really meaningful at that time to see trans people succeeding at this thing that I really wanted to succeed at,” she said. “What’s great is feeling like I’m now providing that same service for other trans people out there.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more at “Transgender Oakland woman is a six-time ‘Jeopardy!’ champion”<\/a> on SF Gate<\/p>\n

Update:<\/p>\n

After winning five games in a row, Amy Schneider became the first openly transgender contestant to qualify for the \u201cTournament of Champions\u201d last week. On Tuesday night she became a 10-day champion. She wants to inspire others like she has been inspired:<\/p>\n

“I am from Ohio where the only trans people I thought of were drag queens or prostitutes,” she said. “Seeing other trans women in a good spotlight inspired me to not be afraid of trying to compete in the thing I have always loved.”<\/p>\n

“I am so incredibly grateful,” she said. “Hopefully I can send a positive message to the nerdy trans girl who wants to be on the show too.”<\/p>\n

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