The reason the story is important is that transgender people are pretty much erased from the everyday media, this is something that the media cannot ignore. I

The reason the story is important is that transgender people are pretty much erased from the everyday media, this is something that the media cannot ignore. I don't mean to downplay this, because it is largely true, but in recent memory, the music media has been very favorable to Laura Jane Grace. Becoming Chaz has also gotten a lot of media attention.