Trans comedian Jordan Gray's new sitcom 'Transaction' aims to lighten the narrative surrounding trans individuals, showcasing them as multifaceted characters rather than stereotypes. Gray, who wrote and stars in the show, plays Liv, a reclusive trans woman navigating a misfit supermarket night shift team. Although the comedy is irreverently profane, it maintains heartfelt themes. Since gaining fame after a controversial performance on television, Gray has embraced her public persona while emphasizing her core goal: to make people laugh, which she carries into her additional live performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
I'm just a d**khead that happens to be transgender. I just am. I'm playing an idiot in it. I'm playing a bit of a cartoon.
It's weird because you get really good as a working-class comedian getting used to the suffering and the hard work. Now it's coming out, there's nothing to suffer for.
The show is called that because it sort of touches on the death threats that I've received after appearing naked on television. I feel like everything I'm doing at the moment is inescapably tied back to me being in the public eyes.
When you start, you just want to make people laugh.
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