Comedian Graham Linehan performed outside Holyrood after two Fringe venues pulled out of hosting his show.
Speaking to BBC Scotland News after the show, Graham Linehan said: "It is important to make a stand. It is important to at least stand in front of a microphone, even if it's just for a second, and show that these people don't get to push the rest of us around.
Mr Linehan, who also wrote TV sitcoms The IT Crowd and Black Books, is often at the centre of heated rows over trans issues and women's rights on social media, with opponents accusing him of transphobia. "It's just extraordinary to find my beliefs, which are shared by 99% of the public, are just being cast as bigotry."A spokesperson for Leith Arches said on social media earlier this week they were cancelling the show with immediate effect as they did not support the comedian or his views.
He said holding the show outside the Scottish Parliament was "utterly surreal" but was not to make a political statement. Other last-minute options included a church, a community hall and the City of Edinburgh council's debating chamber.