Although The Danish Girl doesn't handle the topic of race, it handles the issues of another minority community: people who identify as transgender. When asked about whether this could open the door for more diverse stories in Hollywood, Alicia Vikander addressed the social climate as a whole:
I definitely hope so. I came on this film only two years ago. And I know that this was not an easy film to get made and it's been almost 15 years that one of our producers, Gail [Mutrux], had worked on it. To see such a cultural change with me over the years since I actually finished the film . . . with Caitlyn Jenner coming out, and with Transparent and Tangerine. It's a social change, and I just wish that, in the same way this film's been so educational for me, and with so many people that I've gotten to meet in preparation for it, I hope that it can open up an even wider conversation with the public."
