On the worldwide Trans Day of Visibility, comedians around L.A.'s stand-up scene talk about the fight to be given leading roles on stage, in front of the camera and behind the scenes in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES Comedian Jiaoying Summers remembers her first time being kicked off a platform. It was on an open-mic stage at a bar in Koreatown where she bombed. Under the spotlight, nervousness gripped her vocal cords and feeble one-liners fell flat in front of a snickering crowd. Two minutes felt like two hours until she got “the light” a polite comedy club version of the stage hook.
After reaching a million followers on the platform, the comedian was told her true story violated the Chinese platform's community guidelines. How she survived the ban.