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The Warner Bros. Cartoon character not only experimented with gender presentation but also married a man in at least three cartoons, in the s.

Why I love the queerness of Bugs Bunny

The character dates back to the s, starring in Looney Tunes as a mischievous, wise-cracking rabbit with an innocuous Brooklyn accent. Most importantly, pretending to be a woman was never just the butt of a joke. Most often, the costumes were a tool in the constant game of cat and mouse or rabbit between Bugs and Elmer Fudd, the hunter always on his tail.

Often the seductress in outfits worthy of a magazine pinup gay bugs bunny always with bright red gay bugs bunnyBugs successfully charmed his archenemy and could live another day. These characters — from a mermaid to a cancan dancer to a Viking — were not making fun of femininity, but in fact, showing how it could be a source of power to get what you wanted.

Crucially, Bugs was aware of the fact that as a woman, he would be underestimated, and no one would expect his conniving plans. He dressed as a bobby soxer a s enthusiastic teenager, often a fan of Frank Sinatra to get back at opera singer Giovanni Jones yes named after Chuck Joneswho had grown frustrated by Bugs interrupting his rehearsal.

It is a cartoon, after all. While back when he was being created, no one would have called Bugs gay, he often is a barely shielded example of queer coding. Even RuPaul said that Bugs Bunny was his first introduction to drag. The origin tale for this form of wordplay comes from the Signifying Monkey, who bested a lion through his words, often messing with the literal and figurative meanings.

Bugs Bunny too used this verbal trick to overcome his oppressors. Your poor little man? Did I hurt you with my naughty gun? While these depictions have luckily become less common in a time of greater representation and cultural sensitivity, depictions of gender and sexuality are often still sticky.

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