Trans Jeopardy! player Amy Schneider makes history competing in Tournament of Champions

A jury in Missouri awarded transgender student, RJ Appleberry, $4 million in damages on December 13, after a school district refused to let him use male washrooms and locker rooms. The Jackson County Jury also awarded him $175,000 in compensatory damages. Madeline Johnson, one of the first openly transgender attorneys in Missouri, and a lawyer for the Appleberry, said her client was “ecstatic” over  the unanimous ruling. “He was very excited, very happy,” Johnson said.

The Great British Bake Off’s John Whaite and his professional dance partner Johannes Radebe were Strictly Come Dancing’s first same-sex couple, and made it all the way to the competition final. Johannes, 34, first joined Strictly in 2018 and had always been partnered up with female celebs – until this year.

Singer songwriter Amy Macdonald thanked fans for making things easier for her after she made the difficult decision to cancel her Hydro gig.

Georgia’s prison system has agreed to pay $2.2 million to the parents of a transgender inmate who died by suicide in her cell in 2017 — after officials ignored her threats and waited several minutes before getting medical help, according to documents filed in a civil lawsuit.The settlement, first reported by CNN, was reached on Dec.

a SECOND operation on her broken feet. The former glamour model has shared a brave pic from inside the hospital.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAgents, studio executives and movie lovers will resume their annual pilgrimage to Park City as the Sundance Film Festival, the preeminent showcase for indie film, returns to in-person premieres this January.

last year’s diversity breakdown when there was a smaller lineup of films, though 51% of 2021’s slate were directed by people of color. This comes from a submission class of 3,762 films, in which only 28% were directed by women.

As we approach the end of 2021, it’s time to look ahead at what’s to come in 2022. More specifically, we can begin to look ahead at the film festivals of the new year.

A trans athlete is setting records in the pool in her first season with the University of Pennsylvania’s women swimming team.Earlier this month, Lia Thomas won three events at the Zippy Invitational at the University of Akron, setting pool, program and meet records.

Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider has opened up about her experience coming out as transgender — and why William Shakespeare helped her come to terms with her gender identity.Schneider has, as of writing, won 13 games in a row and amassed more than $536,000 in winnings.In addition to becoming the first openly transgender player to qualify for Jeopardy!‘s Tournament of Champions, Schneider is also moving up the rankings of all-time Jeopardy! greats, placing in the top 10 for consecutive games won,

Entertainment Weekly, Reeves, 57, said, “I think the studio wasn’t ready for that.”Director Lilly Wachowski explained in a 2020 interview with Netflix that Switch was portrayed by a female in both movie worlds. “The corporate world wasn’t ready for it,” she said at the time.

Lifelong “Jeopardy!” fan Amy Schneider has made history as the show’s first transgender contestant to qualify for the honourable Tournament of Champions.

Tuesday interview of her fifth consecutive game win, which qualified her for the “Tournament.” “Once I got it, it was a great feeling, mostly because I was having fun and I didn’t want to stop. By qualifying for the fifth one, I knew I would come back.”She’s since won even more shows, bringing her streak up to nine.

Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as an honorary starter at Augusta National Elder, who made his Masters debut in 1975 and recorded a best finish of joint 17th in 1979, was not well enough to hit a ceremonial drive but was warmly applauded after being introduced to the spectators by Masters chairman Fred Ridley. It was a fitting start to a historic day.

the beloved annual event hosted by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia when a Scottish Deerhound named Claire, who also won last year, was named Best in Show.Claire’s victory marks the first time a dog has won back-to-back in the show’s 20 year history, hosts noted.She was cheered on by vaccinated spectators — a return toward normal after last year’s scaled-down, fan-less spectacle — as she pranced in a victory lap around the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.

Netflix employees who criticized anti-transgender comments on Dave Chappelle’s TV special are dropping labor complaints and one has resigned from the company, it was announced Monday.Terra Field, a senior software engineer who is trans, announced that Field had voluntarily resigned as of Sunday.“This isn’t how I thought things would end, but I’m relieved to have closure,” Field said in a resignation letter posted online.Chappelle's “The Closer” first aired on Oct.

fiery Twitter thread, which has amassed thousands of likes as of Monday afternoon.“Last Friday, my family’s address was posted on Twitter by three activist actors,” wrote “Troubled Blood” author Rowling, who said she receives endless threats over perceived transphobic comments she made in 2020.