The Punk World Gets a Reality Check

In one of the most interesting/unexpected turns ever...Against Me! frontman Tom Gable has come out to Rolling Stone as transgender. She will be going under hormone therapy and reassignment surgery, eventually taking the name Laura Jane Grace. I cant imagine the amount of courage it takes to do this, much less as the head of an extremely popular punk band. While in an ideal world, the Punk community is as diverse and as accepting as it often thinks itself to be, i think in reality that this is going to be a difficult adjustment for many in the punk world.

personally? i think its pretty damn awesome that she has the courage to do this. Against Me! is one of my favorite bands, so i will be sad to see their sound change, but super interested to see what happens from here on out. Show your support!

check it out: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-gabel-of-against-me-comes-out-as-transgender-201205

UPDATE: after some internet searching, the vast majority of people are coming out SO hard in support of Laura Grace and its fucking awesome. I have very seldom been more proud of my community than i am right now. I'm a punk and right now really fucking proud of it.