Is Winnie the Pooh Transgender or Intersex?

[jberryhill]

8. Ummm... fictional bear, I think

I don't really know much about cartoon character sexuality, but I'm pretty sure that Winnie the Pooh is a cartoon bear.

Bears are wild animals which can be dangerous if disturbed or annoyed by humans.

Winnie the Pooh does not seem to behave much like a bear, and has apparently befriended a number of animals which a bear would more likely treat as prey, with the exception of animals not native to bear habitats. For example, one of Winnie the Pooh's friends is a tiger. I don't think a bear/tiger interaction of any sort would go well.

Likewise, Winnie the Pooh's habitat includes a kangaroo, as well as a tiger. Kangaroos are native to places in which there are very few or no indigenous placental mammals. Non-placental mammals and marsupials would not, I expect, do well in places inhabited by bears.

So, there are quite a few things odd about Winnie the Pooh as a bear, let alone whether there is some question as to what sorts of sexual identities one finds among bears, or even fictional cartoon bears.