Filmmaker Lilly Wachowski, formerly Andy, has come out as a transgender woman in a periodically funny, often moving note published via Chicago's Lgbtq paper, Windy City Times.
The statement recounts the events that prompted her decision to come out, and also touches on the numerous issues facing many in the transgender community, including a lack of support networks and rampant violence.
Wachowski opened her post with a cheeky faux-tabloid headline, "Sex Change Shocker — Wachowski Brothers Now Sisters," referring to her sister Lana Wachowski, who came out as a transgender woman...
The statement recounts the events that prompted her decision to come out, and also touches on the numerous issues facing many in the transgender community, including a lack of support networks and rampant violence.
Wachowski opened her post with a cheeky faux-tabloid headline, "Sex Change Shocker — Wachowski Brothers Now Sisters," referring to her sister Lana Wachowski, who came out as a transgender woman...
- 3/9/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Lilly Wachowski, 48, formerly known as Andy Wachowski, has come out as transgender. Lilly made the announcement via a statement to the Windy City Media Group, in which she confirmed that she has transitioned and is out to her friends, family and some coworkers. Wachoski's sister, Lana, first appeared publicly as a woman in July 2012. The siblings are best known for directing The Matrix trilogy. In her statement, Lilly says she was nearly outed by the media several times over the past year. "In response to this threatened public outing against my will, I had a prepared a statement that was one part piss,...
- 3/9/2016
- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
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