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Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel has revealed that he felt like he had 'drop kicked' his bandmates when he revealed that he was transgender and planning a sex change.
The momentous news about Gabel was revealed earlier this week with the Against Me! singer revealing that he would live the rest of his life as a woman named Laura Jane Grace.
Speaking about the moment she told her bandmates the news, Grace tells Rolling Stone: "I felt like I drop-kicked them in the face." Adding: "We had the most awkward hug ever, and then they left. And the second I shut the door, I was like, 'What the f*ck did I just do?' "
However, Against Me! are going nowhere, with Grace planning to confront the situation head on. "However fierce our band was in the past, imagine me, six-foot-two, in heels, f---ing screaming into someone's face."
One person surprisingly unaffected by the news is Gabel's wife, Heather, who says of the moment she found out: "I kept waiting to get mad. Like, 'Tomorrow, I'll be really upset'. I'm like 'Let's just see what happens, and we'll just roll with it.' My friends have been like, 'What about you?' But I'm fine. I just want him to be who he is, and for us to get on with phase two. You know, just ... change."
Despite publishing the story in an international magazine, Laura Jane Grace has admitted that she has yet to tell her parents about her decision to live the next twelve months as a woman before deciding whether to undergo the full sex change operation.
Meanwhile, The Gaslight Anthem defended the Against Me! star's life choice earlier this week.
