Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace burned her birth certificate on stage in North Carolina to protest the anti-trans law
Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace, who came out as transgender in 2012, didn't want to cancel the punk rock band's show in North Carolina as a means of protesting the state's anti-trans law. Instead, she wanted to prove that transgender people aren't scared of the state's discriminatory policy, which restricts them to using public bathrooms in state-run facilities that correspond with their biological sex.
To call attention to the controversy, Grace burned her birth certificate while on stage Sunday in Durham, BuzzFeed News reports.
"What better way to get a fire going?" she told CBC Radio on Monday.
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This toilet paper seen in the concert venue's gender-neutral bathrooms was also a nice touch. Julie Kliegman
A photo posted by Laura Jane Grace (@laurajanegrace) on May 15, 2016 at 5:22pm PDT
