Matrix director Lilly Wachowski comes out as trans
The other half of the duo who directed The Matrix has come out as trans.
The younger Wachowski sibling, however, did not have any set plans to reveal her transition to the world.
Lilly Wachowski, who used to be known as Andy, shared the news in a statement released to the Windy City Times.
She says she's making the announcement after claiming she was "threatened" with being outed by The Daily Mail.
"Yeah, I'm trans. Yeah, I've transitioned. I just wanted - needed some time to get my head right... but apparently I don't get to decide," says the 48-year-old. The Daily Mail denied trying to coerce Lilly into revealing her gender transition.
Lilly's 50-year-old sister Lana is also trans. They're well known for directing The Matrix film series and have been involved with films such as V for Vendetta, Cloud Atlas and Jupiter Ascending plus Netflix's Sense8 television series.
In her statement, Lilly says that a Daily Mail journalist arrived at her house asking her to tell her story to them.
"Here they were, at my front door, as if to say - there's another one. Let's drag 'em out in the open so we can have a look.
"We continue to be demonized and vilified in the media... We are not predators, we are prey."
Lilly also says her transition is harder because of the way society sees gender as "binary" - being either male or female.
was the other one a guy too? or a girl and became a guy?
They're both MTF trans. The woman is Lana (pka Larry) and she transitioned a long time ago. The tall, bald one Lilly (pka Andy) just transitioned recently.
that's so gross of them
