For the more specific example, for any curious, the character Switch from the first movie was originally meant to be trans.
Switch was intended to be biologically male outside of the Matrix but then be female inside the Matrix, based on the way the system represents people by their self-image.
The production studio axed that idea, and the actress who was originally intended to only play 1/2 of the character ended up playing them outside the Matrix as well. The best they could do was keep the name and make Switch look androgynous.
They meant to include trans people, but were not allowed, so for all I know many of the characters were meant to be queer
For the more specific example, for any curious, the character Switch from the first movie was originally meant to be trans.
Switch was intended to be biologically male outside of the Matrix but then be female inside the Matrix, based on the way the system represents people by their self-image.
The production studio axed that idea, and the actress who was originally intended to only play 1/2 of the character ended up playing them outside the Matrix as well. The best they could do was keep the name and make Switch look androgynous.
The true trans people are the directors we made along the way