“I remember being really young - being 13 or 14 - when I first was really excited about punk rock as an idea, and I was like, 'Don't ever not be punk. Don't ever not be punk.' Telling that to myself, I guess it was like self-defense against the scary world around me.”

American musician, singer, and songwriter

Laura Jane Grace is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Born in 1980, she is best known as the founder, lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist of the punk band Against Me!. She also fronts Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers, a solo project she began in 2016. Grace became one of the first widely visible punk musicians to come out as transgender in 2012. Since then, her solo work has included Stay Alive in 2020 and Hole in My Head in 2024.