Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider classily addresses transphobic trolls while continuing to break records

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Reigning Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider has sent a defiant message to transphobic trolls.

Schneider, who is the first trans contestant to qualify for the quiz show’s Tournament of Champions, responded to the wave of hateful comments she has received since first appearing on Jeopardy! in a tweet posted on New Year’s Eve (31 December)

“I’d like to thank all the people who have taken the time, during this busy holiday season, to reach out and explain to me that, actually, I’m a man,” she wrote.

Schneider continued: “Every single one of you is the first person ever to make that very clever point, which had never once before crossed my mind.”

I’d like to thank all the people who have taken the time, during this busy holiday season, to reach out and explain to me that, actually, I’m a man. Every single one of you is the first person ever to make that very clever point, which had never once before crossed my mind