Trans Representation Through Disney’s 'Mulan'
Mulan had to struggle to feel like herself and see herself properly. Some of us have to strive to have our reflection mimic what’s inside. We have to crawl. We have to fight.

Conan Lee Yuen-Ba (李元霸) is a film actor and martial artist born in Hong Kong in 1959. His family moved to Queens, New York, where he grew up as Lloyd Hutchinson. After high school, he moved to California to be an actor. There, Hong Kong actor Fung Yi introduced him to a few producers including Ng See-Yuen (吳思遠). In 1982, he starred in Ninja in the Dragon's Den (龍之忍者).
Mulan had to struggle to feel like herself and see herself properly. Some of us have to strive to have our reflection mimic what’s inside. We have to crawl. We have to fight.
The character of Mulan is one of Disney’s best heroines. She’s brave, kicks butt, and has a kill count. What other Disney character has killed hundreds of Huns by crushing them with an avalanche? No one.