“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings prompted online criticism after sarcastically dismissing calls from transgender activists to boycott The New York Times’ word games. The exchange highlights continuing disputes over the newspaper’s coverage of transgender issues and the role of prominent figures in those debates.

According to the article, the backlash followed a Thursday post or comment by Jennings concerning the proposed boycott. The supplied text does not include the wording of his joke, the scale of the boycott campaign, or any response from Jennings or The New York Times.