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Want to Write a Guest Post for Women and ...Must Watch: Lana Wachowski Speaks About What It Means to Be Transgendered
You can see that she is shy. She and her brother Andy have not done any press in 12 years. People have assumed that they didn't do press because Lana was becoming Lana after being Larry, but that's not the reason as you will see after you watch this incredibly moving video.
Lana told her story of not fitting in when she was a kid and not knowing how to articulate it. When she transferred to Catholic school from public school for the first time had to stand on the boys line and wear different clothes from the girls. She could not bring herself to stand on the boys line, but she also knew she couldn't stand on the girls line. She couldn't tell her mom who was ready to beat the living daylights out of the nun who was tormenting her son (go mom) because she had no words to describe what she was feeling.
She has clearly found her words through her filmmaking and now as a role model and leader on this issue. It is a label that she reluctantly accepts.
Her words:
Invisibility is indivisible from visibility. For the transgendered this is not merely a philosophical conundrum, it can be the difference between life and death.
I am here because when I was young I wanted very badly to be a writer. I wanted to be a filmmaker but I couldn't find anyone like me in the world and it felt like my dreams were foreclosed simply because my gender was less typical than others.
If I can be that person for someone else then the sacrifice of my private civic life may have value.
What a gutsy speech. Watch it. It's worth the 30 minutes.
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MotherskyDragonfly.blogspot.com | November 3, 2012 4:17 PM
I Dig it! This is what I believe,and call Living out LOUD! GlitterKisses Xxo
soytim | October 26, 2012 4:20 AM
Wow, I'm so in love with Lana now! Yes, what a truly gutsy speech! And warm, funny, and oh so beautiful and touching. She made me feel my heart and humanity.
Sammy | October 25, 2012 1:58 PM
Yeah, the first step is to stop saying "transgendered."
http://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
Alex | October 24, 2012 11:18 PM
transgendered? rme