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Diamond_Dog

(37,035 posts)
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 02:39 PM Nov 2022

Amy Schneider, 'Jeopardy' champion, to testify against Ohio bill

Amy Schneider, ‘Jeopardy’ champion, to testify against Ohio bill prohibiting transgender youth from medical care for transitions

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Amy Schneider, the “Jeopardy” super champion, will testify Wednesday at an Ohio legislative hearing in opposition to a bill that would prohibit people under age 18 from obtaining puberty-blocking drugs, hormone therapy and surgeries to transition genders.

Schneider, an Ohio native and transgender woman, will testify against House Bill 454 alongside representatives from Equality Ohio. Schneider rose to fame earlier this year when she finished a 40-game run on “Jeopardy” that vaulted her to second on the show’s all-time list of consecutive game

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/11/amy-schneider-jeopardy-champion-to-testify-against-ohio-bill-prohibiting-transgender-youth-from-medical-care-for-transitions.html

****Ohios super mega GOP majority is gonna go batshit crazy now introducing these cruel and bigoted bills.

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Amy Schneider, 'Jeopardy' champion, to testify against Ohio bill (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Nov 2022 OP
More massively unconstitutional bills meant only to rile up the base that believes all they Alexander Of Assyria Nov 2022 #1
I hope her testimony is in the form of a question. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 #2
This Jeopardy Champion needs to also come to Texas next spring LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #3
 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
1. More massively unconstitutional bills meant only to rile up the base that believes all they
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 02:45 PM
Nov 2022

see on the internet. Hey, the politicos ain’t paying for the lawyers!

Firmly held belief i.e….. there are litter boxes for kids in schools!!???

Believing the unbelievable is now 49.9% of the voters in most areas, it seems?!

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