Sometimes when I do SCAdian dance events I dress intentionally ambiguously for the purpose of easily filling either gender role in teaching. The last time I did it (earlier this year) there was a certain feeling of freedom from gender roles to some degree. The general public, however, I think sees such ambiguity as a bad thing, as there is this driving need to look at a person and decide in about half a second the sorts of things they expect from the person and their initial reactions. If they can't judge gender immediately it leads to confusion, and often a negative reaction if they get the feeling the person is trying to appear neutral.

Honestly, I'd prefer to wear skirts on a regular basis, but it seems like small children have a hard time dealing with genderfuckery, and parents of other children even more so. Somehow there's this idea that when one takes a deeper interest in their gender identity that it is inherently sexual and likely somehow perverse.

FWIW, I consider myself a cisgendered male but with a preference for androgyny when reasonably possible and not feeling particularly lazy about the matter.