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JEOPARDY! GIANT

For Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider, representing the transgender community on television has been worth even more than the $1 million she’s won.

“It’s definitely been the most rewarding part of the whole experience,” says Schneider, who is not the first out trans contestant or champ

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