I ran across this post on Tumblr which I really loved:
http://derpderpmotherfuckers.tumblr....ary-or-why-the
The punchline: "The gender of the cosplayer doesn’t actually matter. They’re busy doing what cosplay is all about
: being a successful chameleon, taking on the physical characteristics of a character so well you can’t guess anything about the person behind them, even their gender. "