Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace: 'Goodbye Gender!' Burns Birth Certificate Onstage In North Carolina.

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Trans-rights activists, musicians slam HB2 bill in Durham, North Carolina
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/against-me-s-laura-jane-grace-goodbye-gender-20160516

"Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace became one of the loudest musical protestors of North Carolina's HB2 bill on Sunday, burning her birth certificate onstage. "Goodbye gender!" She declared onstage in Durham.

The controversial House Bill 2 forces transgender people to use restrooms that match the gender on their birth certificates. It is a particularly close issue for Grace who announced she was transgender in 2012.

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"I think the real danger with HB2 is that it creates a target on transgender people specifically," Grace told Buzzfeed in April. "When you feel targeted as a trans person, the natural inclination is to go into hiding. But visibility is more important than ever; to go there and have the platform of a stage to stand on and speak your mind and represent yourself."

More trans-rights activists are stepping out in North Carolina. Moogfest, an electronic-experimental music fest in Durham this weekend, will feature a keynote address from Sirius Satellie Radio co-founder Martine Rothblatt, a transgender woman. "I would rather be part of a protest festival than basically just be a silent voice walking away from it," she told The New York Times.

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Awesome stuff! Good video at the link, too.

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