Lilly Wachowski, of the directing team known as The Wachowskis, recently came out as a transgender female after several media outlets threatened to out her without the director’s consent.

While people should express their gender in any way they see fit, the media’s intrusion onto the lives of transgender people further aggravates their struggles and adds to the stigma of being transgender.

For more on my opinion concerning trans rights in the media, listen to episode 5 of my podcast “That’s a Wrap.”