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‘Jeopardy!’ champ sends important holiday message to trans community
Amy Schneider, the reigning “Jeopardy!” champion and a trans woman, shared an important message about what representation means to her and how tough the holiday season can be for the trans community. Schneider, a 10-day winner who has amassed $380,200 in prize money thus far, shared a Twitter thread on Friday about why she chose to wear a trans flag pin on the quiz show’s Thanksgiving episode. Schneider said her reason for featuring the pin on that particular episode was because of how family-centric Thanksgiving is, acknowledging how the day — and overall holiday season — “can be hard for anybody who has been ostracized or otherwise cut off from their family.”