MY SCHNEIDER MADE MORE THAN JUST HISTORY AFTER WIN-ning 40 consecutive games (second only to Ken Jennings), she also made television history as the first transgender woman to do so. Her achievements led to a slew of reactions from fans for someone who “did not expect (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster). For Schneider, she was not trying to make history. “All I was doing was fulfilling a childhood dream and, by way of winning a million dollars, I was also able to do a lot of good for people in my community” by just being honest about her transgender identity. In fact, the question she says she gets most often from people is whether “the show was rigged.” Even though she’s aware her very identity makes her “a representative of your community every time you walk out the door,” she’s grateful that the production of “never brought the subject up. They didn’t focus on it at all.”
