#kate freeman

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Would it be possible for a human and an elf to have children? If elves and humans are biologically similar enough that a human was able to carry and give birth to an elf child, I don't see why not.

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Representation :)

Congratulations to Amy Schneider, the first trans person to qualify for Jeopardy’s Tournament of Champions after winning 10 consecutive games!

“Growing up in the Midwest in a conservative family, I had gotten kind of a distorted idea of what it meant to be trans, and so seeing her [comedienne Natasha Muse] being smart and funny and cool and just a normal person with a normal life and kids and everything like that just showed me that it was something that I could possibly be, and that really made a difference for me”

And another special note for Kataluna Enriquez of Nevada, who became the first trans woman to compete in the Miss USA pageant! Unfortunately, she didn’t make it past the closed-door interview round ( "My interview was solely on my transitioning... others were asked about politics, climate change... " she said. "It was disappointing to me because I had so much more I wanted to talk about…” ). But she notes: “It's OK because we made an impact… and I received a lot of support and love.” Miss Kentucky Elle Smith, who won the pageant had this to say: “I see her as a trans woman, but I see her as a woman," Smith said. "She had every right to be on that stage”

Kataluna said "We can't talk about inclusivity and empowerment without including every single woman — every size and every color — not just trans... People think because I'm trans, my message is only trans or LGBTQ. But I advocate for true equality, which means everyone being given the chance to survive and live in a way in which they don’t have to compromise themselves and can be free to express themselves "

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Idk if anyone’s noticed this before, but the significance (read: meaning) of Sophie and especially Amy’s last names was definitely thought through, and the implications of it just makes me sad. (In that way well-written angst does.)

Sophie and Amy both started out with the last name “Foster”. That name was chosen because (at least, this is my take on it) William and Emma (and Amy, in a way” fostered Sophie. The Black Swan intended for them to raise her, but not for Sophie to stay family forever. To the Black Swan, William, Emma and Amy were just her foster family. Hence the last name “Foster”. 

See, that on its own isn’t sad. But what makes it super sad is what the Black Swan changed Amy, Emma, and William’s last name to. Freeman. As in “free human”. Being free of fostering someone that “didn’t belong” there in the first place. 

Emma and William - ah, Connor and Kate will never know this. They’ll never think anything negative of their last name, maybe they’ll see it as a coincidental token to how they’re American. Maybe. 

But Amy? Amy remembers Sophie. Amy remembers being a Foster, not a Freeman. The books say that her mom picked out “Amy” because it meant “beloved”. A quick google search has informed me that there’s multiple name meanings for “Natalie”, and one of them is “birthday”. (Or, more specifically, according to some sources, “birth of the Lord”.) Making her name mean “birthday” could just be the Black Swan’s way of going “let’s enforce the whole ‘you’re human’ thing” but it could also mean something along the lines of “birth of human freedom”. 

Maybe Amy will never notice the implications the Black Swan made, but what if she did? Would it be something that she just shakes off because it’s too much to think about? Would it be something that she gets stuck in for a while because it’s kinda like the Black Swan is saying “you’re better off without your sister”? What would she do? 

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‘Jeopardy!’ contestant makes history as 1st out transgender player to win

Kate Freeman is celebrating a historic "Jeopardy!" victory as she's believed to be the first out transgender contestant to win on the long-running game show

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Trans, Bi 'Jeopardy!' Contestants Offer Landmark Representation

Kate Freeman may well be the first out trans champion, while Cody Lawrence advanced visibility with a bi pride pin

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Current ‘Jeopardy’ champ from Metro Detroit takes on challenger also from Michigan

Two Michiganers square off in the game of questions and answers in one of Alex Trebek's final episodes that aired Dec. 14th

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Michigan bar trivia guru takes on two-time ‘Jeopardy!’ champion

Kate Freeman hopes her bar trivia skills translate into the famous game of questions and answers.

This episode, with trans flag pin intact, aired 11 Dec., so how did she do? Her appearance comes over three years after Fran Fried of Connecticut was a contestant back in Oct. 2017 (she lost). @sandwichknife