Lilly Wachowski walked the red carpet on Saturday for the 27th annual GLAAD Media Awards, marking her first public appearance since coming out as transgender on March 8 in an honest and heartfelt statement to Chicago’sWindy City Times. Lilly Wachowski is the sister of Lana Wachowski, who came out as transgender in 2012. The appearance at […]
Lilly Wachowski, 48, sibling of Lana, 50, came out in a statement to Windy City Times, an LGBT weekly in Chicago, after being threatened with outing by a journalist from a British outlet who knocked on her door Monday evening. Here is her statement: “SEX CHANGE SHOCKER—WACHOWSKI BROTHERS NOW SISTERS!!!” There’s the headline I’ve been […]
Transgender Jewish director of The Matrix, Lana Wachowski, revealed as Marc Jacobs’ latest campaign star, as the designer praises her for ‘inspiring me to think differently’ Marc Jacobs has a sixth sense for picking campaign stars who are completely new to the fashion-ad roundelay. (Think of his past ads featuring artist Rachel Feinstein, makeup artist […]
The award celebrates the Chicago-born Jewish filmmaker’s commitment to LGBTQ visibility. Equality Illinois, a statewide LGBT rights group, honored movie director Lana Wachowski at its annual gala Saturday with its Freedom Award, reports Windy City Times. In her acceptance speech, Wachowski, who is transgender, joked about recent inappropriate daytime talk-show interviews with trans celebrities but […]
Chicago filmmaker Lana Wachowski will be presented with the 2014 Equality Illinois Freedom Award at the organization’s February 8th gala, it was announced today. Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality Illinois, the state’s oldest and largest advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Illinoisans, said the Freedom Award recognizes Wachowski’s personal journey. Over the last year the intensely privateWachowski has opened up […]
Jewish-Polish co-director of the Matrix films Lana Wachowski, who came out as transgender earlier this year, says she almost committed suicide as a young adult because of her identity struggles. Speaking at a recent event for the Human Rights Campaign in San Francisco where she accepted the LGBT organisation’s Visibility Award, Wachowski talked about her […]