Video: Against Me and Joan Jett cover The Replacement's "Androgynous"

By Michel Dussack The day before Against Me! supported The Cult at Terminal 5, singer Laura Jane Grace tweeted “Anyone thinking that the Terminal 5 show in NYC tomorrow might not be worth it I PROMISE that you are mistaken. Do not miss this show!” She wasn’t kidding. For anyone living under a rock, in a recent issue of Rolling Stone, Laura (formerly Tom Gabel) revealed that she had been struggling with transgender dysphoria his entire life, and would now ...

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New transgender poster boy/girl Tom Gabel, now Laura Jane Grace, made a prominent statement during Friday's Against Me! show at New York's Terminal 5 using a familiar gender-bent song by the Replaceme

It's been about a month since Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace (fka Tom Gabel) came out as transgender, and fortunately, she's ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ watch-joan-jett-and-against-me -cover-the-replaceme/66170/

During a recent Against Me! performance at New York City's Terminal 5, the band was joined by Joan Jett and performed a cover of "Androgynous" by The Replacements . The song originally appeared on 1984's Let It Be . After the performance, Against Me!'s Laura Jane Greace tweeted : Want to say thanks so much to @JoanJett for doing 'Androgynous' with us and thanks to everyone who came out. Epic show.

June 8th was the one month anniversary of Against Me! lead singer Laura Jane Grace (formerly Tom Gable) coming out as transgender. At the band's gig that night opening for The Cult at New York's Terminal 5, they marked the occasion with an apropos cover of The Replacements' "Androgynous alongside original riot grrrl Joan Jett . Grace and Jett traded vocals during the number, and Grace's unremitting smile was the song's lyrics manifest: "She's happy with the way she looks / she's happy with her gender." Watch the replay below (via  Stereogum ).

Classic Replacements' cover at a recent NYC show from the newly gender-bending Laura Jane Grace and the always hot Joan Jett... See more MJTV video Listen to Musical Justice

As free and independent human thinkers we're entitled to differ about an infinite number of things in this life. It's beautiful, really. All the autonomous choices and mindsets! That said, the unequivocal excellence of Against Me!'s Laura June Grace and Joan Jett teaming up to cover the Replacements gender-bent classic "Androgynous" is completely beyond debate. This comes exactly one month after Against Me!'s lead singer announced a plan to assume her new gender and identity as Laura June Grace , which makes it especially celebratory. In the words of the bard Paul Westerberg: "Now something meets Boy, and something [...]