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Eddie Jen was allegedly attacked this week. (Image: Supplied)<\/p>\nEddie Jen claims the male youths “beat him on the head”, ripped off his bow and poured their drinks on him.Eddie Jen was allegedly attacked this week. (Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n
An Edinburgh Fringe<\/a> performer has claimed he was called a ‘lady boy’<\/a> by youths who allegedly attacked him on the Royal Mile.<\/p>\n Eddie Jen, who uses he\/she pronouns, is performing his show ‘Seeking a PenPal For the End of the World’ <\/a>to the festival this year.<\/p>\n Before it starts he was out handing out flyers but says he was accosted by a gang of thugs on Tuesday, July 29, reports Edinburgh Live.<\/a><\/p>\n Eddie <\/a>claims the male youths “beat him on the head”, ripped off his bow and poured their drinks on him.<\/p>\n Speaking out since the incident, Eddie said “it all happened so quickly”.<\/p>\n He added: “I was just so excited and happy to be in Edinburgh<\/a> and to start with, I got great reactions. The youngsters aren’t even a minority and they aren’t speaking for everyone.<\/p>\n “It all happened so quickly, they just came up to me and started saying ‘are you a lady boy<\/a>?’ and ‘are you a boy or a girl?’<\/p>\n “I remained polite but as I went back to my corner to continue flyering, they hit my head, ripped off my bow and poured their drinks over me. It all happened within two minutes.<\/a><\/p>\n “I was honestly in shock but I am so glad I was able to film it all and get people talking about this.”<\/p>\n The performer from San Francisco said she isn’t letting the incident dampen her time in Edinburgh<\/a>. Eddie has met a lot of kind people in the capital – including one man who assisted after the incident.<\/p>\n She added: “There was one kind Scottish gentleman<\/a> who came up to me to see if I was okay.<\/p>\n “I really am an optimist and I am able to get the full Fringe experience<\/a> right now. I mean so far, I have been harassed and done shows with no attendance so it seems I am getting everything bad out the way in the first week.<\/p>\n “Last year I came to the Fringe to see if I was up to par and I absolutely loved it – the city is magical, there really is something about it.<\/p>\n “I went out flyering again<\/a> yesterday, I put on the same outfit and I kept going. I am just so excited to be here.”<\/p>\n Getting over 200,000 views, the clip has since gone viral and many people have offered their support to the performer. The video was captioned: “I was attacked in drag<\/a> at Edinburgh Fringe 2025. It’s my first solo show.<\/p>\n “I was so excited to flyer and find an audience and then a group of young men<\/a> began harassing me. They beat me on the head, ripped off my bow and poured their drinks on me.”<\/p>\n Almost 1000 comments have come in after the short clip was posted online<\/a>. One person said: “Why is it always teenagers? Where are their parents?<\/p>\n “I’m terrified of teenage boys in Edinburgh,<\/a> they’re just looking for trouble.”<\/p>\n A second said: “That’s so bad a member of the public has to explain this is not how Scotland<\/a> is and excusing their bad behaviour.”<\/p>\n “I’m so sorry this happened to you. I live in Edinburgh <\/a>and unfortunately this type of stuff happens a lot. It’s horrible but not all teenagers are like that”, a third commented.<\/p>\n Eddie’s show started yesterday and will run at Just The Tonic<\/a> at the Caves at 1.05pm until August 24.<\/p>\n A description of the show reads: “After Trump 1.0’s mob breached the US capitol <\/a>to destroy democracy on January 6th, 2021, an immigrant drag queen attorney from San Francisco began writing to a retired, White, Republican woman in Bountiful, Utah \u2013 his high school English teacher from thirty years ago.<\/p>\n “What happens when the political discussions stop and the personal begins? Can you really be friends with your former teacher? An interactive performance,<\/a> with reading and writing prompts. We tell the story of our lives. For everyone who remembers their English teachers most fondly.<\/p>\n![\"Eddie](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_elive1.png\")
Eddie Jen was accosted by the thugs in the city centre of Edinburgh. (Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_elive.png\")
The incident happpened as the performed handed out flyers for his Fringe show. (Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n