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Against Me! singer Tom Gabel comes out as TG


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Guest Maria_B

My heart swells with pride for her. Such courage.

The pronoun use was amazing too. After establishing who she was, the only reference to her name was her surname. Fantastic writing. All pronouns were feminine, too.

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You know what else I like? Every comment was kind and supportive. Now THAT is something to celebrate, too.

Young people ROCK!

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Carolyn Marie

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Guest Jo-88

All my friends have been talking about this and none of them are ever aware of any trans related news... in other words, this is gonna be big!!! Congrats to Laura for facing this with confidence, she isn't just helping herself, she's helping all of us by bringing awareness to the issue.

P.S. This just goes to show that we can come from any background... I mean she is a punk rock star that has been known to get in bar fights, if she can be transgender then anyone can be :blink: (haters are gonna be paranoid now haha).

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Guest Robin Winter

Never heard of the band, but that's really great :) I tend to think we're at the beginning of something significant for trans people, and we need all the good publicity we can get.

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Guest oceaninmysoul

So. Against Me! is one of my favorite bands ever. As as teen, I related to their intensity, lyrics and rawness. Her coming out encouraged me to get my stuff together as a TG. I can not underemphasize the importance of these news and how it has changed my life. Because of her openess, I'm now facing my own self.

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Guest Jo-88

So. Against Me! is one of my favorite bands ever. As as teen, I related to their intensity, lyrics and rawness. Her coming out encouraged me to get my stuff together as a TG. I can not underemphasize the importance of these news and how it has changed my life. Because of her openess, I'm now facing my own self.

See she's already making a difference :) btw, welcome to the forums!

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That's very cool, Ocean. We met in your intro thread, BTW.

There is a reason why TG issues, and TG people, are so much more in evidence these days. It's like a snowball, and it starts tiny and builds on itself, with every new trans person who goes public, with every positive news report, with every event, seminar, classroom discussion, popular book, T.V. show or movie with a trans character or theme. People who have felt this way all their lives see that it's OK to be yourself, OK to come out, and (reasonably)safe

The snowball is the size of bowling ball now. In a couple of years, it will be as big as a house. I can feel the momentum. This is our time. :)

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Carolyn Marie

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Guest Jo-88

I went to buy the new issue of rolling stone today so I could hear it all in her words... unfortunately it is not in the May 10th issue like what was reported, it seems they pushed it back to the May 24th issue :( guess we will have to wait...

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Guest oceaninmysoul

That's good to know. It's the kind of issue that I'll buy two or three copies and keep with me for inspiration :)

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Guest plasticspoon

-highly paraphrased-

ME: "Dad, I want a sex change."

*after 3 days of speciel chatting*

DAD: "Wow, I just remembered that the guy from my favorite band just came out too!"

Thanks Gabel, for lightning the mood for me ;)

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