A Jeopardy contestant wore a bi flag pin during one of Alex Trebek’s last shows

Cody Lawrence on Jeopardy
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When Cody Lawrence beamed into living rooms across America, he brought the LGBTQ community with him.

Lawrence wore a bisexual pride flag pin on his lapel while competing in one of the last episodes with longtime host Alex Trebek. Trebek died of cancer earlier this year.

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“I had an ephemeral platform for the evening, and I find we can use all the visibility we can get, because Bi-Erasure is a real phenomenon,” Lawrence wrote in a Medium post published after the episode aired. “Erasure is still a major problem both outside and notably within the LGBTQ+ space.”

The show’s sharp-eyed fans noticed his pin and social media quickly filled up with kudos for the out contestant’s quiet stand on behalf of bisexual people.

“I wore my pin on Jeopardy! because it’s a powerful symbol to show you that we exist,” Lawrence wrote. “WE EXIST.”

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