Trans Punk Icon Laura Jane Grace on Ego Death, Gender Dysphoria and the Cost of Living Honestly

Trans Punk Icon Laura Jane Grace on Ego Death, Gender Dysphoria and the Cost of Living Honestly

Early in my interview with legendary trans rocker Laura Jane Grace, I can’t help but fawn over her 2016 memoir “Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout,” which details Grace’s struggles with addiction and her very public transition. “‘Tranny’ is really junkie-prose adjacent,” I tell her, explaining I cut my literary teeth on the late punk poet Jim Carroll and other drug-fueled autobiographies. Unexpectedly, my heart dr…