Pippi Lovestocking is the drag personae of actor Scot Free of San Francisco.

Originally from a small town in North Carolina just outside of Raleigh, Scot was never the type of kid to hide his light under a bushel. An aspect of his personality that was not embraced by the conservative southern baptist citizenry of his hometown. "I was raised within the church but still turned out gay, must've been all the snake handling" quips Scot when asked about his sexuality.

At the age of 9 Scots father died suddenly from a heart attack while being treated for an ulcer in a veterans hospital. He was then raised by his mother Joan and five other siblings. "The baby of the family is always the most spoiled" says Scot, when asked how things went during childhood. "I developed a rich fantasy life and always felt that I should be a movie star, but I preferred bitch to butch and would have rather been Joan Collins instead of Harrison Ford".

After squeaking through high school, Scot attended the University of North Carolina in Wilmington where Dino De Laurentiis had built a small film studio. He worked as an extra and stand in on many of the films shot there most notably Blue Velvet directed by David Lynch.

After a taste of the biz Scot felt that he would have more opportunities in the bigger market of Atlanta, GA. Still very young at the time of his arrival in the Peach state he attended Georgia State University and majored in theater. Finally free to be himself in a big city with a large gay population, he also did a lot of partying there. "I was so young and gorgeous back then and I felt that I had to make up for all the partying I didn't do in High school".

Ever the ham he began producing his own television series "Transit Town Truck Stop" starring himself as Pippi. Using the university facilities as well as the local public access station the show became a cult hit. The character of Pippi Lovestocking was based on the stereotypical "child star grows up to be a fuck up" premise.

After moving to San Francisco in the 90's Scot immediately fell into the night club scene and was in various forms of drag whenever out and about. "I just continued to call myself Pippi rather than come up with a new name for every outfit I concocted."

In 1996 he and drag buddy Heklina started the infamous club Trannyshack at the Stud Bar in SOMA. The club continues to this day managed exclusively by Heklina.

Scot still pursues an acting career and has numerous film credits as well as many appearances on Japanese TV. He performs stand up whenever his schedule allows. When asked why he performs as Pippi, He replies "I'm just a garden variety faggot, I only dress in drag so I can feel a little more alienated from the gay community, all this acceptance is hard to take. Besides if I should get lucky and end up famous I'd rather do so in drag than as a regular guy, that way when I don't feel like being 'on' I can just take off my costume and makeup and blend in with the rest of the crowd."