Li’l Abner’s Epic Gender Bender (1953)

Alert the gender police! Recruit the culture warriors. Al Capp’s Li’l Abner strip was bending gender norms more than 70 years ago. In fact, this 1953 story arc weirdly foreshadowed current skirmishes over cross-dressing, drag performance, legal gender reassignment and even “men” playing in women s sports. Sure, cross-dressing had been a fixture of film, stage and [ ]