No one has opened up discussion about trans issues in the punk community like Laura Jane Grace. When the Against Me! singer came out as trans at the end of 2012, it shook not only the alternative world but hit mainstream news. The trans turning point had begun. After chronicling her transition in Transgender Dysphoria Blues, one of the most comprehensive and moving musical projects to tackle the trans experience, it’d be easy to believe Laura is completely bulletproof. But there’s still an ongoing battle for acceptance.

In an interview with the Independent, Grace says: "I still struggle with dysphoria on a daily basis. It’s not like I came out and it had gone. That's the struggle. It's like, 'Fuck you, accept me as I am' – but at the same time I still have trouble accepting myself."

She can't remember a time when she has felt at home in her own body. She describes gender dysphoria as "a misalignment, of being painfully self-aware on an existential-dread level that the way you are perceived by other people doesn't match up with the way you perceive yourself inside".

Grace says that growing up, the dysphoria would come in waves, in a pattern that she describes as “bingeing and purging”. For a while she thought she had schizophrenia.

"You push the dysphoria out, but it keeps coming back. You feel that way at the age of five, then at 10, and then you feel that way at 15, 20, 25. Then I was like, 'OK, I'm 30 and I still feel this way. I’m still going to feel this way when I'm 40.'"

She also noted that the everyday prejudice endured by trans people has not changed much, despite recent years. "I’ve been told I'm going to hell and I’ve been blocked from using restrooms, though actually the most frequent incidence of people being jerky is from TSAs (US airport security) when they pat you down," she says.

Despite her struggles, she remains on a mission to create art from her truth. Recently, she told Dazed she was working on a seventh album with Against Me! and an autobiography. She’s already made a pretty incredible mini-documentary series called True Trans on AOL and discusses her struggles freely. We’ve certainly only seen the beginning from her.