Laura Jane Grace

Laura Jane Grace is one of the first transgender rock stars. Grace fronted Against Me!, a politically charged neo-punk band based in Flordia, when she revealed she was transgender. She chronicled her experiences on Against Me!'s 2014 album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, a record that elevated her cultural presence beyond the punk circles she'd previously dominated. Grace seized upon the opportunities offered by her elevated profile, writing the memoir Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout in 2016 and launching a second band, the Devouring Mothers, in 2018. Her first solo album, 2020's Stay Alive, kick-started a period of activity that included 2021's At War with the Silverfish EP and 2024's Hole in My Head, a lean, nervy folk-punk record. Over the next year she introduced two new backing bands: the Mississippi Medicals on the Give an Inch EP, followed by the Trauma Tropes' 2025's LP, Adventure Club.