Second Wachowski Sibling Comes Out as Transgender
▻http://www.imdb.com/news/ni59595576
À l’époque de Matrix, on disait « les frères Wachowski ». À l’époque de Cloud Atlas on disait « les Wachowski ».
Maintenant on peut dire « les sœurs Wachowski »
Bravo à elles pour leur courage et plein de soutien contre les transphobes qui leur en mette plein la gueule.(Permalink)
Oui, c’est la news du jour, hein. Je suis assez scotchée je dois dire. (ie, pas de la transition, du statement).
Le meilleur moment de son superbe statement.
Now, gender theory and queer theory hurt my tiny brain. The combinations of words, like freeform jazz, clang disjointed and discordant in my ears. I long for understanding of queer and gender theory but it’s a struggle as is the struggle for understanding of my own identity. I have a quote in my office though by José Muñoz given to me by a good friend. I stare at it in contemplation sometimes trying to decipher its meaning but the last sentence resonates:
“Queerness is essentially about the rejection of a here and now and an insistence on potentiality for another world.”
▻http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Second-Wachowski-filmmaker-sibling-comes-out-as-trans-/54509.html
We Are Not Your Spectacle — by Chelsea Manning
▻https://medium.com/@xychelsea/we-are-not-your-spectacle-6a1ac25a570a
This week the director Lilly Wachowski (sister of Lana Wachowski) was effectively outed, after being relentlessly hounded by a tabloid reporter who showed up on her doorstep and informed her that he was running a story about her gender identity.
Despite the blatant and deliberate violation of her privacy, her dignity, and her humanity, she has held her own admirably. With only hours to spare, she came out on her own terms. Her response was witty, classy, and confident (...)
Control over our identities is a fundamental right. I have repeatedly noted just how important being able to define ourselves — on our own terms, in our own ways, and in our own languages — truly is.
For those of us in the trans community: We should oppose the outing of our membership — whether public or private. What happened to Lilly could happen to all of us. It happened to me.