Lilly Wachowski

Second Wachowski filmmaker comes out as a transgender woman

"The Matrix" filmmaker Lilly Wachowski, formerly known as Andy, came out as a transgender woman on Tuesday in a candid post entitled "Sex change shocker - Wachowski brothers now sisters!!!," four years after her sister Lana Wachowski revealed she was a transgender woman.

Lilly Wachowski, 48, said in a statement in Chicago's Windy City Times that she decided to make her gender reassignment public after a journalist from Britain's Daily Mail attempted to coerce her to do an interview about her transition.

"I knew at some point I would have to come out publicly. You know, when you're . . .