"But I've already noticed that – even just on that last tour we were on – she, on her own, started to pick up on the female pronouns and started to refer to me as 'she' or 'her'. The 31-year-old married father was about to embark on a process of gender reassignment, both hormonal and surgical, and for all practical purposes should be regarded from that day forth as a woman. ", And yet she has a formidable strength. Grace is notable for being one of the first highly visible punk rock musicians to come out as transgender, after she publicly came out in May 2012. The son of a military man, she grew up on army bases feeling lonely and confused, bullied at school and bewildered by an indelible sense of toxic otherness. Tom Gabel, lead singer of American punk band Against Me!, had an important announcement to make – to his fans, his industry, his friends and to most of his family. were playing in Oslo, and when I arrive I by chance run into the rest of the band in the hotel lobby. Peripherally, being aware of the way you are in your body and feeling cognisant of the fact that I'm male – like looking down and seeing male features – and feeling, internally, 'but I'm not'. Then, at the same time, you feel extreme feelings of shame and guilt and confusion, so that all works into a nice little cocktail in your head. Thirty-five years after the Sex Pistols sang God Save the Queen, what seemed transgressive now looks practically quaint. ", Her mother took the news well. performed the very next night, its ubiquitously pierced and tattooed lead singer strode on to the stage in high heels and full makeup. It's partly, I think, because I liked her so much – and partly because of the unspoken code that seems to prohibit close questioning. But I think I was just on a roll. Grace starts to laugh. For the first time in her life she is performing stone cold sober, so clarity is quite a novelty in itself. Don't buy any, then, 'I hope Chelsea Manning gets the help she needs': Paris Lees, transgender former prisoner, on life inside, Sexuality and gender have always been blurred in rock'n'roll, Tom Gabel, lead singer of American punk band Against Me!, had an important announcement to make, strode on to the stage in high heels and full makeup. "That was the scariest of all. It’s just f***ing scary.”, He is the first rock star to come out of the closet as a transgender who says sex-change surgery will not affect his “throat-shredding growl.”. "Of course, yeah. Grace's 26-year-old younger brother was the easiest to tell. But ideally you marry someone because you hope that they're your soulmate, and that's something that's beyond gender.". There's that total fear, because I've been hit in the face with bottles in the past. 's Laura-Jane Grace opens up about her transgendered life, Against Me! Heather had panicked that Grace would leave her – but surely Grace must have been more worried about Heather leaving her? After 10 years on stage, thrashing out a fury of sweaty nihilism, the punk would henceforth like to be known as Laura Jane Grace. But it becomes apparent to you, after a while, that you really don't have a choice in the matter." "I'd love to get to that point, though, to tell you." But three years ago, her wife Heather became pregnant, Warners dropped the band, and the compulsion became uncontrollable. Against Me! "No!" Sun 22 Jul 2012 15.30 EDT "It was really casual. "It's like: 'Well, but actually I'm telling you I'm your sister, so you're going to have to flip that around; you just got to rewire the way you're thinking about me.'"

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