Rolling Stone reports that Gabel is planning to start taking hormones and undergoing electrolysis soon. He says he’s been living with gender dysphoria for years and that he feels the need to talk openly about it, since no major rock figures have done this before. Gabel’s wife is apparently entirely cool with this: “For me, the most terrifying thing about this was how she would accept the news. But she’s been super-amazing and understanding.”
Tom Gabel is the frontman and founder of Against Me, one of the best punk bands currently in existence. He’s currently planning to begin living as a woman, and he’s. Gabel is the highest profile musician to ever come out as transgender.