Saturday, July 16, 2011

KEITH CAPUTO OF LIFE OF AGONY TO UNDERGO GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY


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