Hi, this is LGBTQ and A, where we get to know different members of the LGBTQ community.

I'm Jeffrey Masters, and I'm here today with Laura Jane Grace.

Laura is the lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me and also has a new memoir out.

Stay tuned. Hey, welcome to the show.

Hey, welcome to the show.

Thank you. Thank you for having me.

Absolutely. I'm excited to talk.

Me too. Can I preface this real quick, though, by saying I came directly from LAX,

and I woke up at 7 o'clock this morning to get on a plane so I

need a shower and I kind of maybe look like I got hit by a bus but other than that I'm ready to go

and glad to be here we're far enough away I can't smell you you look great free through your mouth

it's okay I mean you have a new book out you've a new album out you're on tour is that it yeah

yeah that I guess that's it. Are you tired? A little bit,

but I've kind of passed that point of being tired where that's just like status quo. I'm used to

operating with a little to no sleep, so it's fine. Yeah, you've a lot of endurance. I was reading

the book. Yeah. It was very impressive. Like, you kind of lived the

like rock star lifestyle that I imagine, like staying out late and drinking and doing drugs and

not sleeping. I mean, like, how did you sustain that and perform every night? Um, geez, I don't know. I mean, mean i am here i'm alive to tell the tale right um

part of it's being young i think you know um but all that is like i mean a lot of it's cliches it's

like that's part of the music industry or that's part of being in a band you know and and uh

it's just part for the chorus i I mean, it was kind of like

this stereotypical, like, story, too. I mean, not with a transition.

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