Christy Robin?

A group of Canadian doctors has asserted that Christopher Robin, Winnie-the-Pooh's lone human pal, may struggle with gender identity disorder in adulthood. In the December 12 issue of the Canadian Medical Association. Journal, pediatricians from Halifax's Dalhousie University paid a satirical house call to the Hundred Acre Wood and determined that the characters in A.A. Milne's popular children's books are "seriously troubled individuals." Pooh, it turns out, suffers from attention deficit disorder and borderline Tourette's; Piglet is a poster child for anxiety disorder; and Eeyore should tackle his depression with Prozac. Compared with his peers, Christopher Robin seems healthy. However, the analysts did express concern over the "complete absence of parental supervision" in the boy's life, "not to mention the fact that this child is spending his time talking to animals." They say that such isolation, as portrayed by Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations, may lead to future issues with gender identity--which in Christopher Robin's case might mean he would identify as a girl rather than a boy. Surely Pooh would love him either way.