Is THE MATRIX a Transgender Story?

Let's talk about queer coding and the transgender reading of the sci-fi action classic 'THE MATRIX'.

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► CHAPTERS:

00:00 Content Warning
00:12 Intro
07:33 The Hays Code
08:35 Queer Coding
17:25 Artistic Intention
21:42 Transcoding The Matrix
47:41 Outro

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► MUSIC FEATURED (in order of use):

"Midnight Lofi" - Liquify
"Clouds In The Sky" - Gemafrei Manouche Jazz
"Remember (Extended Mix)" - KaizanBlu
"Stay (ft. Queanna)" - KaizanBlu
The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score - Don Davis
"A New Start" - The Bows

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► FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES FEATURED (in order of appearance):

The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix Revisted (2001)
Making The Matrix (1999)
Disclosure (2019)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
The Celluloid Closet (1995)
Red River (1948)
American Cinema - Film Noir (1995)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
Algie, the Miner (1912)
Wanderer of the West (1927)
Caged (1950)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Behind the Screen (1916)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
The Hangover Part II (2011)
Zoolander 2 (2016)
Rebecca (1940)
Rope (1948)
Hercules (1997)
Pocahontas (1995)
The Lion King (1994)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Psycho (1948)
Dressed To Kill (1980)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Morrocco (1930)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

► YOUTUBE VIDEOS FEATURED (in order of appearance):

Why The Matrix is a Trans Story According to Lily Wachowski | Neflix (2020)
The Matrix Is A Secret Trans Story | Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh (2020)
The MATRIX Is a TRANS Allegory Say Creators (2020)
The Transgender Matrix - Hollywood Rewrites History to be Woke (2020)
Sense8 | HappyBirthdaySense8 Thank You Video | Netflix (2019)
The Wachowskis | DePaul VAS (2014)
Jupiter Ascending Interview - Lana and Andy Wachowski (2015)
'Matrix' Co-Creator Lana Wachowski Speaks At New York LGBT Event (2017)
Side By Side - Keanu Reeves talks with Lana and Andy Wachowski (2012)
Lana Wachowski receives the HRC Visibility Award (2012)
Sense8 | CREATING THE WORLD (2018)
Lilly Wachowski Shares Her Serendipitous Coming Out Story | GLAAD Media Awards 2016 (2016)
The Matrix as a Transgender Narrative - Kenzie Lettuce (2020)
Needs More Straight 7: The Matrix's Transgender Themes - Rantasmo (2017)

► ARTICLES & WRITTEN WORK FEATURED (in order of appearance):

Queer-coding and Horror Films (Ines Mendoza-Perez, 2018)
Palimpest: A Memoir (Gore Vidal, 1995)
The Strange, Difficult History of Queer Coding (Tricia Ennis, 2020)
Second Wachowski Filmmaker Sibling Comes Out as Trans (Tracy Baim, 2016)
An Introduction From The Wachowski Brothers (A.O. Scott, 2003)
Welcome to the Sexual Spectacle: The Female Heroes of the Franchise (Martina Lipp, 2004)
My Name Is Neo: Transgender Self-Discovery In THE MATRIX (Leigh Monson, 2019)
National LGBTI Health Alliance: Snapshot of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Statistics for LGBTI People (2020)
Beyond The Matrix (Aleksandar Hemon, 2012)
Bootlegging the Matrix (Eleanor Amaranth Lockhart, 2017)
What We Can Learn About Gender From The Matrix (Andrea Long Chu, 2019)
Some Thouhgts and Disagreements on The Matrix as a Trans Allegory (Jennifer Harrison, 2017)
Don't Believe What You Read About Transition Regret (Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir, 2019)

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