The Melbourne International Comedy Festival removed the comedian's name from one of its key awards in 2019 due to comments he made about the transgender community.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival organisers say they plan to honour the legacy of Barry Humphries.He had become a controversial figure in recent years over comments he made about transgender people.
In 2019, his name was removed from one of the event's key awards following comments he had made about transgender people and, earlier this week, media outlets reported the festival would not be honouring the late comedian."We are taken aback by some of the misconceptions currently circulating in media and on social media," festival director Susan Provan said.
"I'm outraged by it and I want to speak up now to support him. It's not about transgender ... this was an artist.""I didn't like his politics. I really didn't. But I revere the talent of the man," she said.Ms Provan said Mr Humphries' comments had "lacked empathy" and "baffled" many in the industry."We did not cancel him," she said.
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