Against Me! Singer Tom Gabel Is Transgender

Tom Gabel, the lead singer of punk rock band Against Me!, has come out as transgender and announced that he plans to begin living as a woman.

In the new issue of Rolling Stone (on newsstands Friday), the 31-year-old opens up about the weight of coming out to the public (before this, only a few close friends and family knew of the singer's plan to undergo the transition from male to female) and reveals the "most terrifying" part about coming to terms with gender dysphoria.

"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."

Gabel, who admits to having dealt privately with gender dysphoria for years, will begin taking hormones and having electrolysis treatments to begin the transformation into a woman.

Gabel eventually plans to take the new name Laura Jane Grace, a name alluded to in Against Me!'s song "The Ocean" from their album New Wave. "If I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman," Gabel sings. "My mother once told me she would have named me Laura."

Gabel, who has a 2-year-old daughter named Evelyn with wife Heather is not attracted to men, and will remain married to Heather.

"For me, the most terrifying thing about this was how she would accept the news," Gabel says. "But she's been super-amazing and understanding."

Against Me! will go on tour with The Cult later this month.

Source: http://www.ivillage.com/against-me-singer-tom-gabel-transgender/1-a-453503

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