On Friday, Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider became, according to NBC News, "the highest-earning female contestant in the game show’s nearly 57-year run."
There’s just one problem. Amy Schneider is a man.
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Amy Schneider is a man who identifies as a woman. Some call that a transgender woman. Despite his identifying as a woman, he is biologically male.
While Jeopardy! doesn’t distinguish between male and female contestants in their hall of fame, he is referred to by female pronouns and as a woman on the show and the Jeopardy! website.
Unlike sports, where men have multiple physical advantages over women, men don’t have an innate advantage over women in Jeopardy!, but Schneider being dubbed the highest-earning female in Jeopardy! history nevertheless erases the achievements of actual women who have competed in the show, like Larissa Kelly, the true highest-earning female in Jeopardy! history.