Against Me! have announced that ‘True Trans Soul Rebel’ will be their next single from their latest release ‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’. It will be released on November 24th. Laura Jane Grace has also recorded a 10 part documentary series “True Trans With Laura Jane Grace” which kicks off with four episodes on October 10th in honour of National Coming Out Day (which is on October 11th). The series follows Grace as she travels around the US and meets with a number of transgender men and women to talk about their hardships, coming out, transitioning and just how messy the idea of gender can be. It also looks at Grace’s life as a mother, wife and rock star since she came out as transgender at age 31 in a 2012 Rolling Stone profile
“The opportunity I had while shooting this show was nothing short of tremendous,” Grace says of the show “Getting the chance to listen to other people tell their stories of how life shaped their identities and views on gender couldn’t help but further inform my own understanding of just how complicated and also how simple all of it really is.”
Against Me! are also on tour in the UK in November, with support from Billy the Kid. Tickets can be bought here and dates are as follows:
13th Bristol, Bierkeller
14th Birmingham, O2 Academy 2
15th Glasgow, King Tuts
16th Leeds, Beckett Students Union
17th Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
18th Manchester, Academy 2
19th London, Electric Ballroom