Tom Gabel at home

In the machismo-dominated world of punk rock, the femininity of ciswomen (women born with female physical attributes) is often trivialized, persecuted, and masked in an effort to seemingly “hang with the boys.” But today, with the announcement that she will move forward to spend her life as a woman, Tom Gabel of seminal punk rock band Against Me! chips away at the misogyny and transphobia that runs pervasively–not just in music and entertainment–but in society as a whole.

Read the rest over at NOISEY.