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[PUNK] Floridian quartet Against Me! has survived for nearly two decades on the fringes of punk—first as an indie band, followed by a stint on Sire and some chart success, and now as purveyors of their own label and studio, Total Treble, converted from a former post office. But perhaps the biggest challenge they’ve faced has been in dealing with the gender transition of founder Laura Jane Grace, formerly Tom Gabel. Following the success of 2010’s White Crosses, Gabel went into recurring seclusion from both bandmates and family, eventually coming out publicly as a woman in 2012. During this time, she wrote the material for Transgender Dysphoria Blues, intended as a concept album about a transgender prostitute that landed the band on numerous year-end lists for 2014. Grace’s announcement comes in the wake of growing global awareness of gender dysphoria and has brought Against Me! a new audience, fortified by her participation in the AOL Originals series True Trans With Laura Jane Grace, a 10-episode docu-series that was nominated for “Outstanding Documentary” at the 2015 GLAAD Media Awards. Now on the eve of releasing a live disc this fall, 23 Live Sex Acts, and Grace’s highly anticipated forthcoming memoir, Against Me! returns to Buffalo on Wednesday, June 24 at Town Ballroom for an all ages show with Frank Iero & the Cellabration as well as Annie Girl & the Flight.