being trans. Much like Neo, those who are trans feel a deep and unexplained sense of something being wrong or off about their reality.
So when Lana Wachowski came out as transgender in 2010, followed by her sister and co-producer Lilly Wachowski in 2016, this suspicion only gained more prominence.Now, after many years, Lilly has finally confirmed that Neo’s journey in the Matrix is a trans narrative – and in an interview revealed that the world just wasn’t quite ready for this in 1999, when it was first released.I was quite young when The Matrix came out, and while I wasn’t able to fully articulate why I felt such a connection to Neo’s storyline, I later understood that it is because I’m transgender.For many transgender people, this film.