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Well that was surprising.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/second-wachowski-sibling-comes-as-873674
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/second-wachowski-sibling-comes-as-873674
Sibling to Lana Wachowski, who came out as transgender in 2012, has gone public after a media outlet threatened to out her.
The second half of the directing duo known as the Wachowskis has come out as transgender.
Lilly Wachowski, 48, sibling of Lana Wachowski, 50, issued a statement to Windy City Times that begins, "SEX CHANGE SHOCKERWACHOWSKI BROTHERS NOW SISTERS!!!"
The Times reports an outlet threatened to out the younger Wachowski, which led to the announcement, which, Lilly writes, she had been anticipating with "dread and/or eye rolling exasperation."
"The 'news' has almost come out a couple of times," Wachowski writes. "Each was preceded by an ominous email from my agent -- reporters have been asking for statements regarding the 'Andy Wachowski gender transition' story they were about to publish."
Wachowski goes on to recount an incident in which a reporter from the Daily Mail showed up at her home to elicit an exclusive on her gender transition.
"After he had given me his card, and I closed the door it began to dawn on me where I had heard of the Daily Mail," Wachowski writes. "It was the 'news' organization that had played a huge part in the national public outing of Lucy Meadows, an elementary school teacher and trans woman in the UK."
Wachowski decided instead to come out on her own terms.
"So yeah," she writes. "I'm transgender."
Lilly's sister, Lana, came out as transgender on Oct. 20, 2012, in a funny, honest and deeply moving speech delivered at the Human Rights Campaigns gala fundraising dinner in San Francisco.
She was joined at the time by Lilly, their parents, and Lana's wife.
"I knew that I would do this eventually," Lana later told The Hollywood Reporter. "But it was interesting that I didnt want to inhabit the memory too closely. A lot of them are very painful memories."
Together, the Wachowskis have directed eight features, including The Matrix Trilogy, V for Vendetta and Cloud Atlas. They also co-created the Netflix series Sense8, a science-fiction fantasy about a group of people linked psychically, which explores transgender themes and stars transgender actress Jamie Clayton.