Queer Symbolism is The Matrix’s True Legacy
December 22, 2021 at 03:18PM Like many other kids of the ’90s, Myriad Augustine was a fan of The Matrix. But as a trans, non-binary person, their connection to the film series meant something different. Augustine knew their gender didn’t match with the gender assigned to them at birth, but as a child, there was little to do about this realization. That changed in 1999 when The Matrix, in all its sci-fi splendor, presented a new reality. “Even when I was very early in figuring out my own identity, there are things in the movie that resonated,” Augustine says. The Matrix’s queer significance runs deeper with its fourth installment, The Matrix Resurrections, which premiered Dec. 22. Photography Courtesy of Warner Bros. PicturesThe dystopian series — set in a world where AI-powered machines have seized control and trapped humans inside a simulated reality — has inspired academic…