A Chicagoan since 2013, and a charismatic, influential figure in punk music for nearly 20 years as the leader of Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace has more recently become a role model and inspiration for many with her frank writings about her struggles with addiction, brushes with the law, and perhaps most importantly, her experiences of gender dysphoria and coming out as a trans woman. Grace began sharing that journey in an in-depth profile in Rolling Stone in May 2012, and in the autobiographical lyrics of Against Me!’s 2014 album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues.…
A Chicagoan since 2013, and a charismatic, influential figure in punk music for nearly 20 years as the leader of Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace has more recently become a role model and inspiration for many with her frank writings about her struggles with addiction, brushes with the law, and perhaps most importantly, her experiences of gender dysphoria and coming out as a trans woman. Grace began sharing that journey in an in-depth profile in Rolling Stone in May 2012, and in the autobiographical lyrics of Against Me!’s 2014 album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues.…