Amy Schneider marked the eighth anniversary of her coming out as a transgender woman with a strong message against online trolls. She first publicly identified as trans in 2017, four years before her successful run on Jeopardy!, where she achieved a record 40 consecutive wins. Schneider faced significant anti-trans trolling on social media following her accomplishments, but she responded with confidence. She expressed her belief that gender is a spectrum, encouraging understanding and acceptance rather than binary interpretations of gender.
"Eight years ago today, I came out as a woman. And despite all the cogent arguments people have made on this site, such as 'No you're not!' or 'Eww, gross!', I'm still a woman. If you disagree, please feel free to say so using an argument I've heard a million times before, thanks!"
"Gender is like color; it's a concept we use to group similar things together. People have always recognized gender as a spectrum (otherwise we wouldn't have words like 'effeminate' or 'tomboy'). How many colors are there? As many as we need to communicate in a given context."
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