Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01CO4AW3E |
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| Number of Pages | : | 233 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Grace has a daughter and lives in Chicago. Laura Jane Grace is a transgender musician best known as the founder, lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Against Me! Since coming out as transgender in a 2012 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, she has become an outspoken advocate for transgender awareness.
"Great writing, good gender transition story, even if you're not a fan of Against Me!" according to Rachel Jenkins. I'm not a fan of Against Me! but read this book for the gender transition story and great writing, on the recommendation of fans of the band.It's a page-turner and I read straight through it.The story was gleaned from journals kept by Laura Jane through the years so the narrative felt like it was in real time, with a wealth of detail, celebrity name-dropping, and details about living life on road. If you have transgender friends or family members, this book can help you and others understand the conflicts and pain that can occur from gender dysphoria, and if you. JudyT said Laura Jane gave me great insight into how she feels now and how she. I thought this was really interesting insight into a transgender person as a human, being rather than just "LGBT". Both are important, but I think it's important to remember that we are all human and every human, regardless of religion, race, gender, or their place on any spectrum - is a valid and important part of the culture.Laura Jane gave me insight into how she feel now, and also how she felt when she was younger and her name was Tom.Congratulations Laura Jane Grace, for giving the rest of the world some insight into your unique life experience. It takes an. I enjoyed it, but my big complaint is that it I'm an AM! fan and was very excited to read this book. I enjoyed it, but my big complaint is that it seems stretched too thin. There are moments when Laura discusses the band and moments when she discusses her dysphoria, but Inever felt like I got a real taste of either. The book just moves too quickly. That being said, I would recommend this book if you are interested in the band. There are some fun facts and a few Easter eggs that keep the book fun.
Since its inception in 1997, Against Me! has been one of punk's most influential modern bands, but also one of its most divisive. Gabel formed Against Me! and rocketed the band from its scrappy beginnings-banging on a drum kit made of pickle buckets-to a major-label powerhouse that critics have called this generation's The Clash. Through a troubled childhood, delinquency, and struggles with drugs, Gabel was on a punishing search for identity. More than a typical music memoir about sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll-although it certainly has plenty of that-Tranny is an inside look at one of the most remarkable stories in the history of rock.. Not until May of 2012 did a Rolling Stone profile finally reveal it: Gabel is a transsexual, and would from then on be living as a woman under the name Laura Jane Grace.Tranny is the intimate story of Against Me!'s enigmatic founder, weaving the narrative
"Laura Jane Grace shows great bravery diving into every detail of a story seldom told, with the advantage of having kept journals documenting everything she went through, from childhood to the beginnings of her band. It's also sometimes heartbreaking."Yahoo! Music. Laura Jane Grace claws her way into the light and we are all inspired to find our own grace."John Cameron Mitchell"Laura Jane Grace has pulled off the near impossible. With her first book, Tranny, she has added a new perspective to a vastly over populated genre of music-based literature.In doing so, she has also managed to tell her own deeply personal, at times heartbreaking, story of her struggle with gender identity in a society still content to ascribe gender using an archaic binary system that drives so many transgender people to despair.This book is a mandato