"I was going to commit suicide. It got really, really, really, really bad. I couldn't live another day."
Nearly a decade has passed since Mina Caputo last seriously contemplated killing herself, but remembering the pain she felt before she came out publicly as transgender in 2011 still causes her face to tighten. She'll talk about it, but she's also quick to highlight how much better
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Life of Agony’s Mina Caputo: From Metal Alpha Male to Trans Role Model