Lana Wachowski became famous as one of the Wachowski Brothers. Blockbusters including The Matrix Trilogy helped her make a name for herself in the film industry, but that name was Laurence Wachowski. As their movies rose to fame and acclaim, Wachowski directing duo sought to keep their personal lives in the shadows, avoiding the press until Cloud Atlas. A trailer for their new film allowed Laurence to make a name in the industry again, and this time it would be the proper name - Lana Wachowski. This public coming out as transgendered sacrificed the siblings' treasured "anonymity" in hopes of inspiring transgendered youth.
Though Wachowski's family supported her through every step of her transition, Wachowski felt quite alone when she was a young "Larry", not understanding her gender identity and feeling like a "freak" for it. Struggling with that loneliness drove young Larry to almost attempt suicide, but motivated adult Lana to become an identifiable icon for transgendered youths feeling as lonely as she had. For leaving the comforts of total privacy in order to become a role model, Wachowski was given the Visibility Award by LGBT activism group The Human Rights Campaign. In …show more content…
To give a broad view of who she is beyond just her film work, just her gender identity, or just her personal life, she utilizes multiple anecdotes to cover definitive moments in multiple realms of her life. Her first three anecdotes are strung together by a focus on her private and public life. The anecdote that follows focuses on her gender identity as a child, and the next few follow that theme through the rest of her life and how it impacted different areas of her life, from her self-confidence to her family. This diversity, as well as the minor details of her life she mentions in passing, enable the audience to get a fuller image of Wachowski as a complex
Though Wachowski's family supported her through every step of her transition, Wachowski felt quite alone when she was a young "Larry", not understanding her gender identity and feeling like a "freak" for it. Struggling with that loneliness drove young Larry to almost attempt suicide, but motivated adult Lana to become an identifiable icon for transgendered youths feeling as lonely as she had. For leaving the comforts of total privacy in order to become a role model, Wachowski was given the Visibility Award by LGBT activism group The Human Rights Campaign. In …show more content…
To give a broad view of who she is beyond just her film work, just her gender identity, or just her personal life, she utilizes multiple anecdotes to cover definitive moments in multiple realms of her life. Her first three anecdotes are strung together by a focus on her private and public life. The anecdote that follows focuses on her gender identity as a child, and the next few follow that theme through the rest of her life and how it impacted different areas of her life, from her self-confidence to her family. This diversity, as well as the minor details of her life she mentions in passing, enable the audience to get a fuller image of Wachowski as a complex