Flattop, you have misunderstood incorrectly. I was not complaining about being mistaken for a homosexual; rather I used that error as an example of something that I would not complain about, would have no urge to correct normally - BUT - was wondering if then later, the person who had made the mistake would be mad because it hadn't been corrected. Since I am "straight but not narrow" (my favorite desciption of people who aren't gay but don't care whether you are or not), I would not normally care, and were someone to jump to an incorrect conclusion based on the content of one of my posts, I would not be moved to correct that misapprehension.
But look at Sinsull's post - they [which I use as a gender-neutral singular pronoun] were upset that they'd been wrong, not because they felt misled, I don't think (Sinsull?) but because they were afraid they had insulted another member by thinking they were of a different gender than actuality. My question is whether the member in question should have corrected the misapprehension to save that possible embarrassment, even if they didn't care whether anyone knew their correct gender or not. It might not have occurred to them that someone would be embarrassed by such a mistake. Especially if they did't feel that the post itself was misleading, which is a separate issue. Of course, if I LEAD someone to an incorrect conclusion (and usually if someone forms one, I go back and reread my original post to see how it happened), I would correct it. Just like now, where I think you misunderstood my question. Hope this clarifies it...