Against Me! - Blog Posts
me projecting onto daring, day 175
where would we be, without all the distance?
THERE IS AN OCEAN
IN MY SOUL
WHERE THE WATERS
DO NOT CURVE
I know I don’t post often, but I just love Laura so much. She’s a huge reason I felt comfortable coming out to my family, since my dad was the one to introduce me to Against Me!
Having such a cool and unabashedly trans person playing on our radio meant the world to me and I don’t know if I would have had the courage without her.
While I wasn’t ever uncertain my mom would support me, my father has always been harder to read. So having him say that she was one of his favorite singers, made my life a hell of a lot easier.
As cheesy as it is, this is why representation matters.
Long Live Laura Jane Grace
LOL
laura jane grace is such a legend. she burned her old birth certificate onstage, waved at it, and shouted, “Bye-bye, gender!” into the mic. she worked with Food Not Bombs after dropping out of high school. she refuses to transition in ways people would expect her to, because she’s comfortable with certain parts of her body and refuses to give into pressure to look or act as cis as possible. this woman is so badass, go research her right now please.
Laura Jane Grace is great bc it's folk punk but the singer can sing AND tune a guitar