I'm not sure why you and the sibling comment reference gay men - I'm thinking of a female-identifying person needing to respond to 'platonic crushes' when a male might instead see 'I want to buy you a beer', or simply hear that his blog is inspiring.
You may have missed the key word there: "platonic".
Consider how you might be hurting your cause and lowering the quality of discourse here by being overly sensitive and self-righteous; if you knew the lengths to which I've gone in support and defense of my gay and trans-gendered cousins, would you refrain from polluting the thread w/ knee-jerk PC Politburo bs?