Anna Piper Scott said she has faced barriers to taking part in the Edinburgh Fringe as a result of being trans.
Australian comedian Anna Piper Scott outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, to encourage audiences to go to her show
As she got ready to perform her final show on Sunday, Miss Scott told the PA news agency she struggled to get replies back from management companies or line-up shows when she was first planning her Edinburgh run. “And even though like I’m incredibly acclaimed back in Australia, the gigs are harder to get here than they should be.Her comments come after comedian Graham Linehan attracted considerable media attention after his performance at Comedy Unleashed at Leith Arches was cancelled because of his views on trans people.
“We are just like everyone else, we’re members of the general public and we have ideas about everything.”
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