
Keith Caputo, frontman of Brooklyn, New York metal core legends LIFE OF AGONY will undergo gender reassignment surgery. Keith Caputo has come out as transexual/transgendered, as LIFE OF AGONY are on a farewell tour. Caputo is identifying as a she "KeithMina".
FROM KEITH CAPUTO:"M2F transsexuals like me are the women who give up male privilege for femininity! Threaten the patriarchy! YES I'm Transexual & PROUD.Clearly I'm not ashamed.I deeply thank all who have shown me much support in the recent days ESP on Twitter."
EDITORS NOTE: Not ALL transexual or transgendered people are gay.
http://thenumberoftheblog.com/2011/07/16/ironically-it-took-tremendous-balls-for-life-of-agonys-keith-caputo-to-announce-that-hes-transgendered/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNumberOfTheBlog+%28The+Number+Of+The+Blog%29 Keith Caputo is NOT the only metal musician to come out as transgendered. Relapse recording artists and California grinders CRETIN boasts a transgendered vocalist, Marissa Martinez and also Jade Starr from Australia.
FROM METAL ARCHIVES:
Cretin
Country of origin:
United States
Location:
San Jose, California
Status:
Active
Year of creation:
1992
Genre:
Death Metal/Grindcore
Lyrical themes:
Bizarre Sex, Humour, Perversions
Current label:
Relapse Records
Marissa Martinez is one of the first male-to-female transgendered person to front a band in the death metal/grindcore scenes.
Disbanded between 1996 and 2001 because bassist Matt Widener left to join the Marines, and guitarist Dan Martinez started a carrer in video game production. Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ LBGTQ PRIDE