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IT TAKES a fearless punk rocker to go against the reactionaries of punk, even if the whole point of punk is saying "screw you" to the system.

So Against Me! lead singer Tom Gabel has taken a brave, and commendable, leap into the unknown by revealing to the music world he wants to become a woman.

Gabel told Rolling Stone magazine he had gender dysphoria, a condition that makes sufferers feel disconnected to their sex, and is considering reassignment surgery.

"Growing up, my experience with transsexualism was nothing but shame," said the singer, who is best known for the song Thrash Unreal.

Gabel, who says he wants to be known as Laura, is married and has a two-year-old daughter.