Against Me! singer comes out as transgendered
Against Me! singer Tom Gabel has revealed that she plans to begin living as a woman. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the Florida punk rocker said she'll take the name Laura Jane Grace and begin the transition process by taking hormones and undergoing electrolysis treatments.
Gabel, who's dealt privately with gender dysphoria for years, said the hardest part was coming out to her wife Heather. "For me, the most terrifying thing about this was how she would accept the news," said Gabel. "But she's been super-amazing and understanding."
Gabel decided to speak out shortly after informing family and close friends. "I'm going to have embarrassing moments," she said, "and that won't be fun. But that's part of what talking to you is about -- is hoping people will understand, and hoping they'll be fairly kind."
Pitchfork points out that there have been hints of Gabel's transition in Against Me!'s music. The band recently performed a new song called "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" and the song "The Ocean" contains the lyrics, "And if I could have chosen/ I would have been born a woman/ My mother once told me she would have named me Laura/ I'd grow up to be strong and beautiful like her."
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Posted by: Beryl Griffiths | May 9, 2012 2:45:04 PM
God bless you, be strong, be who you really are. Best of luck !
Posted by: Sabazius | May 9, 2012 3:11:00 PM
Congradulations! Living life on your own terms is easy for those living quiet lives of desparation. as an english author wrote. I admire your courage, strength, unique and invaluable support, and for the thousands out there going through the same experience in total isolation and fear. You are a light in their shadow.
By being true to myself, I am false to no man. Shakespeare.
You've already got the only support that matters, family & friends. Very very proud of your bravery and insight into your true self. My best gal pal is in the same process and a little further ahead by only 1 year. It has changed a depresseed person into a confident and vivacious, beautiful woman. All the power to you and your support!
Posted by: you fool | May 9, 2012 6:03:58 PM
dud,you are mentally ill! you have a wife. maybe you should have done this self killing identity fucking before you married a woman.
Posted by: Kimberly | May 9, 2012 7:19:17 PM
All the best to you and your family!! You are an amazing person!!
Posted by: PK | May 9, 2012 7:44:31 PM
You were born a MALE. This society is getting more messed by the month. You will be a TRANSGENDER ... not a female. Biologically we are born as Male or Female. This whole tolerate the transgendered - homosexual etc.. is really depressing. He is ill. If you knew anything about common sense - you would understand these are one of the behaviors that are not natural and have underlying causes. I don't care if someone feels like they are someone else... Boo hoo. Oversensitive pansy world that we are creating.
Hate - no. But get facts straight and stop glorifying this behavior as something normal.
It's like someone wanting to be a CAT and gets implants etc... you are just not going to be the real deal. Instead of pushing this as normal, encourage them to get help. There is not one chance in hell that this is normal behavior. Ex. Man is married - 30 years later he has 4 divorces - tells himself he is gay. Normal? No. And it's simple. Just ask yourself of the underlying cause. These are not normal behaviors so it shouldn't be deemed as OK or glorified like this society does more and more.
Posted by: Emily J | May 9, 2012 7:50:52 PM
Whatever anyone says, finding your true self is the thing that counts. If you feel you need to become a woman to become your true self, then that's your choice. I'll be supportive, no matter what. :)
Posted by: Its A Shame | May 9, 2012 8:10:59 PM
Hes not a woman until he can get pragnent. A woman can get pragnent (Unless she was born with a diagnosable condition that makes it not possible). Also, a woman has a period. As soon as Tom gets pragnent, has breasts (Not blobs of silicone, I mean, female breasts), a Vagina, the ability to produce milk, etc... the real characteristics of a woman, than he is not a woman. Exchanging body parts doesn't make you a woman. He will still have testosterone. Also, he will still talk like a man. That will just be creepy. His biological core will still be male. Thats the part that matters. God made him male for a reason, and he needs to not try and change that, because he really can't. The body is delicate and fragile. I really hope we dont got another MJ on our hands. Please get this boy some help. Please dont let him do this to himself. He obviously is mentally ill, maybe confused, and just needs some help. A surgeon is not what he needs. He needs a psychiatrist. Please someone get him one before he destroys him self. Ill be the first to anonymously admit: I was transgendered once. For years as a kid I thought I was a woman trapped in a man's body. I finally grew out of that. Looking back, it sickens my stomach that I was like that. I guess I helped myself. Someone needs to get Tom some help. Hes obviously mentally confused
Posted by: Stop getting Transgender info from Porn | May 9, 2012 9:30:00 PM
To "It's a shame" You are obviously very confused yourself and in no position to be giving advice. Your obvious self hatred suggests very strongly that you are still to some extent trans but you've burried it under piles of severly misguided facts (IE. get your facts straight), transgirls arent simply just "men with silicone implants", Before any surgery is considered female hormones and androgen blockers are given(if the right medical checks have been reached), effectively replacing the hormone system of said transgirl, so she really does grow real, yes, REAL BOOBS (Science kachaa!!) and a female voice, well thats easily achieved with diligent voice training, and the sex change surgery has come a long way since 1930, its actually pretty fucking advanced, they can even make it self lubricate.How do I know these things, well I am transsexual and have a lot of "real experience" So having said this I would advise that you stop thinking you know everything, and dont put words into gods mouth, do you personally know god, has he ever invited you to a party? No, so you don't know that maybe God made us trans for a reason.
Posted by: BeShiin-e | May 9, 2012 9:46:05 PM
@'Stop getting Transgender info from Porn'. You're awesome. Congrats on being you...*insert virtual high five here*..
To Laura Jane Grace, good for you. You'll be much happier I'm sure.
Posted by: It's a shame | May 9, 2012 10:46:40 PM
"Stop getting Transgender info from Porn" <--- Wish you had been offered the help you needed. I am 0% trans and straight as an arrow. In fact. Im married, to a female, and we are both very happy. I have 0 self hatred, I havent burried anything and there are no misguided facts whatsoever. She grows real? Every woman I know doesnt need training to sound like a woman. Real boobs? Can she produce milk and breast feed? Can she have a period? Does she grow no facial hair? A woman is a woman. A man is a man. If any part of her whatsoever is male, then she isnt 100% female. She might be 80% female, and 20% male. So shes a shemale. Congrats on her. I dont hate you. In fact, I have never even met you. I dont hate Tom, I actually like a few of their songs. I feel sorry for trans', like yourself, and Tom who were never offered the help they could have gotten to get over it, and that they never just got over it like I did. I never even got help. I just eventually got over it on my own. I never even think about it anymore. It was years ago and my wife and I are both very happy.
Posted by: Live and let live | May 9, 2012 10:51:58 PM
Guess what. I died my hair. I guess, I did not feel that my hair was the hair I wanted, so I changed it. No big deal. If Laura Grace does not feel she should be a man, then who are we to insist she be one? She is unhappy with what she has, so she is changing it. IF YOU DON'T AGREE, DON'T BE TRANS. It takes all types to make this nutty planet go round, so get over your indignation and let people live their lives.
Posted by: sogross | May 10, 2012 2:10:33 AM
ewwwww