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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JULY 2024 51 Seasoned Singles Some of the activities the Singles embarked on in May were the grand opening of Beaumont's new fire station, a Memorial Day get-together, with a potluck and table games at The Summit and visit to the Columbia Memorial Space Shuttle Museum in Downey. If you're single and would like to join us for outings like these, we meet on the first Friday of the month in The Lodge Arts & Crafts Room at 6 pm. For more information, please contact Monica Sarafian, (626) 862-8215. ~ Phyllis Kates Marty Freeman, Sandy Davis, Joyce Burmeister and Monica Sarafian helped celebrate the grand opening of the new fire station in Beaumont. Susan Youel, Phyllis Kates and Phyllis Noreika visited the Columbia Memorial Space Center. e Seasoned Singles celebrated Memorial Day with a potluck and table games at e Summit. We hope you are enjoying the beautiful days of summer with the gorgeous colors of our natural environment at Four Seasons. Our next events are scheduled for Saturday, July 20, and Saturday, Oct. 26. Please mark your calendars so that you can join us on those days. Information on the locations and the times of these events are available on our Facebook page or via our email (rainbowgroup@myyahoo.com). This month our selection for the Famous LGBT Americans series is Amy Schneider, a transgender woman famous for her successful performance on the show, Jeopardy!. Schneider won 40 consecutive games on Jeopardy! from November 2021 through January 2022 and the November 2022 Tournament of Champions. She has the second longest winning streak in Jeopardy! history, behind only Ken Jennings who holds the record of 74 games. She participated in the 2023 Masters of Champions and came in at fifth place and in the 2024 Masters of Champions where she finished fourth. In total, Schneider played 70 Jeopardy! games and won $1,859,800. She was awarded a Special Recognition honor for her successful performance in Jeopardy! by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, an organization promoting accurate representation of LGBT people in the media. For Schneider, her appearance on Jeopardy! provided an opportunity for her to do something positive for the trans community. She described this experience in her autobiography, In the Form of a Question: e Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life: "e biggest prize of all that I received from my Jeopardy! run is the ability to say that I, too, have helped (the) cause. … I knew that I would be taking on that burden of representation, and I will always and forever be proud to say that I've done my little part, helped ease the path for future generations of trans people to live free, open, and happy lives. at feeling is worth far more to me than any monetary prize, any media attention, any free gis. It's something I will cherish forever." Schneider was born in 1979 in Dayton, Ohio. Interestingly, when she was in the eighth grade, she was voted, "(The student) most likely to appear on Jeopardy!," by her classmates. She transitioned in 2017 and is married to Genevieve Davis. For more about Amy Schneider, please go to the Rainbow Group's Facebook page or request a copy via our email. ~ Dan Hazeltine and Frank Galvan Rainbow Group