CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

The New York Daily News reports:

A “Jeopardy!” fan is making history as the first transgender contestant to qualify for the show’s Tournament of Champions. Amy Schneider, the reigning nine-time “Jeopardy!” champion with $343,200 in the bank, began her winning streak earlier this month, after dethroning five-day champion Andrew He.

The fifth victory also qualified her for the show’s “Tournament of Champions,” an all-star competition that happens annually, featuring the best contestants from the previous year. The Oakland, Calif.-based engineering manager said that she has been a fan of the show for as long as she can remember.

I didn’t want to make too much about being trans, at least in the context of the show. I am a trans woman, and I’m proud of that fact, but I’m a lot of other things, too!

— Amy Schneider (@Jeopardamy) November 26, 2021

The fact is, I don’t actually think about being trans all that often, and so when appearing on national television, I wanted to represent that part of my identity accurately: as important, but also relatively minor.

— Amy Schneider (@Jeopardamy) November 26, 2021

But I also didn’t want it to seem as if it was some kind of shameful secret. While it’s gratifying to know that people didn’t necessarily know I was trans until they read about it, I do want people to know that aspect of me. I think being trans is really cool!

— Amy Schneider (@Jeopardamy) November 26, 2021