Tom Gabel of Against Me! Comes Out as Transgender
Against Me! singer Tom Gabel reveals plans to begin living as a woman in the new issue of Rolling Stone. Gabel, who has dealt privately with gender dysphoria for years, will soon begin the process of transition, by taking hormones and undergoing electrolysis treatments.Gabel will eventually take the name Laura Jane Grace, and will remain married to her wife Heather. “For me, the most terrifying thing about this was how she would accept the news,” says Gabel. “But she’s been super-amazing and understanding.”
Gabel only told a handful of family and friends about her plan to transition before talking to Rolling Stone. Because this is the first time a major rock star has come out as transgender, the singer made a point of speaking openly about it. “I’m going to have embarrassing moments,” says Gabel, “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.”
The full story of Gabel’s transformation is in the latest issue, on newsstands this Friday (May 11th). In it, the singer tells Josh Eells about her history of gender dysphoria, the specifics of the transition process and what becoming Laura Jane Grace will mean for the future of Against Me!
Super exploitative article about CeCe on the cover of the City Pages, even worse cover art. Please join us in reading the article. If you would like to write to them with yr comments, we would encourage that, ugh…
http://www.citypages.com/2012-05-09/news/cece-mcdonald-murder-trial/
LOCAL IDIOT @ANDYMANNIX WRITES INSULTING, IGNORANT & IDIOTIC MANSPLANATION FOR FREE ALT WEEKLY. AFTER THE PETITION TO DROP THE CHARGES, TRIAL, AND PLEA AGREEMENT.
RAGERAGERAGERAGERAGE
Nathan Goodman (via socraticapology)
Is it wrong that I wish gay marriage would be made legal just so we don’t have to fucking keep talking about it like it’s the end-all-be-all of queer politics? Hell, despite all the hoopla here in New York state about legalizing same-sex marriages last year, how many residents of this state know that just last week GENDA (Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act) was passed through the assembly yet again, sending it to the senate that has quashed it four years running? No matter how often I insist to other (non-queer) students around me that the marriage equality fight does indeed suck up all the money, manpower, and media exposure to the detriment of other issues of far greater concern to the less white, less cis, less wealthy segments of queer society, none of them ever want to believe me. Fuck you Bravo watching, HRC donating motherfuckers who care infinitely more that queer people can’t get married in North Carolina than the fact that those same queer people in that same state have no formal legal protections from being fired or evicted unscrupulously.
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Please visit http://supportcece.wordpress.com/ to find out more!
Chrishaun “CeCe” McDonald is a young African American transgender woman who is charged with two counts of “second degree murder” after an incident that began when she was violently assaulted because of her gender and race. We say NO to racism and transphobia, and call on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to DROP THE CHARGES!Her trial starts Monday, April 30th at 9am.
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
–Elie Wiesel
In recent weeks, several people have reached out to me via e-mail, text message, phone call, poem, in-person, or through a friend to…
