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Willow Catelyn Maclay

Willow Catelyn Maclay is a film essayist and queer historian. She is coauthor of Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema and has written for numerous outlets including the Village Voice, Reverse Shot, and Film Comment.

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The Crying Game’s Legacy as Transgender Representation

Though it became the subject of cultural hysteria upon its release in 1992, Neil Jordan’s film can be appreciated today as a rare and remarkably nuanced depiction of a cisgender man and a trans woman falling in love.

By Willow Catelyn Maclay

Essays— Jul 14, 2026