I myself am a cross-gender roleplayer, too, and I've seen a few people get flamed for playing a character of the opposite gender. I used to have a really close roleplaying friend, whom I roleplayed with just about every day, and when they found out I was actually a girl in real life, they got extremely irate and blocked me. I just don't understand this? Why should it even matter what gender the person is if you can enjoy roleplaying with them?