True Trans

True Trans is an acoustic single by American punk rock band Against Me!. The band released it as a digital single on July 12, 2013 through their label, Total Treble Music. The two songs on the EP were made available via an email download link to those who preordered tickets for Laura Jane Grace's August 2013 tour of the U.S. East Coast. It was later distributed as a 7".

The EP was released for free, for a limited time, on Against Me!'s website on July 15, 2013.^[1]^[2]

Background

The EP features acoustic versions of two songs from the band's sixth studio album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, which was released in early 2014. The song "True Trans Soul Rebel" has been played at live shows since May 30, 2012.^[3]

The album cover depicts Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb from the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, who is a male serial killer often wrongly described as transgender.^[4]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Laura Jane Grace; all music composed by Against Me!.

EP
No.	Title	Length
1.	"FUCKMYLIFE666" (acoustic version)	2:53
2.	"True Trans Soul Rebel" (acoustic version)	3:15

Personnel

Laura Jane Grace – guitar, vocals

Art and design

Steak Mtn. – art direction, design, typography, and illustration

References

↑ "True Trans Acoustic EP – Free Download". Against Me!. 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
↑ "Twitter / LauraJaneGrace: @JamieKimHay Next couple days". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
↑ "Against Me! Concert Setlist at Ogden Theatre, Denver on May 30, 2012". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
↑ Garber, Marjorie (1997). Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety. Routledge. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-415-91951-7.

Against Me!

Laura Jane Grace James Bowman Atom Willard Inge Johansson Kevin Mahon Dustin Fridkin Warren Oakes George Rebelo Jay Weinberg Andrew Seward

Studio albums	Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy Searching for a Former Clarity New Wave White Crosses Transgender Dysphoria Blues Shape Shift with Me

Live albums	Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!! 23 Live Sex Acts

EPs	Against Me! (2000) Crime as Forgiven by Against Me! Against Me! (2001) New Wave B-Sides

Demo albums	Against Me! (1997) Vivida Vis! The Original Cowboy Total Clarity Black Crosses

Singles	"The Disco Before the Breakdown" "Cavalier Eternal" "Sink, Florida, Sink" "Don't Lose Touch" "From Her Lips to God's Ears (The Energizer)" "White People for Peace" "Thrash Unreal" "Stop!" "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" "White Crosses" "High Pressure Low" "Russian Spies / Occult Enemies" "True Trans" "Unconditional Love" "Osama bin Laden as the Crucified Christ"

Other songs	"333" "Haunting, Haunted, Haunts"

Related articles	Discography Plan-It-X Records No Idea Records Fat Wreck Chords Sire Records We're Never Going Home Heart Burns

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