LGBT people have faced varying amounts of representation in media over the years, specifically movies as documented in Epstein and Friedman’s The Celluloid Closet. All LGBT movies face a common struggle of displaying the LGBT identity and community in a way that is accurate, enticing, and socially acceptable. Hooper’s The Danish Girl is one such movie. It is a highly fictionalized account of the life of Einar Wegener, a painter in a seemingly wonderful marriage to another painter, Gerda. However, as time goes on Einer transitions into her new identity,Lili. Lili Elbe was an actual person, famous for being the first woman to recieve sex reassignment surgery. The movie explores the shift in the identity of the main character from Einar to Lili.