Why the hell do people always think i'm a guy?! !

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In text it usually has to do with diction.
When I play online game, I can usually pick out the girls fromt he guys (not always) due to certain key words girls have a tendancy to use. Also girls tend to ask for help in a more pleading or negotiating fashion whereas men tend to inquire about things bluntly, speak out a bit more often, and deferr less when a decision is to be made.

And girls tend to appoloize more often when they misstep. And to use shorthand.
And (conversely to shorthand use) to present better (different?) grammar structure and spelling when they type.

So basically, if you are bold and brash and don't use the word "hun" at the end of every sentance you're a dude.
If your grammar is winding, and your questioning convoluted, you're a dame.

Just kidding. Sorta.

I don't really see how this correlates with autism, and nor do I find it a big enough issue to complain about. Some people assume I'm male, especially when I participate in very male-oriented activities/ games online, but it doesn't exactly bother me. If anything, I'm glad, since a girl in a masculine environment seems to draw a lot of attention to herself.

I always assume male unless I have some specific reason to think otherwise. I can't tell the genders apart online unless there's some sort of dead giveaway. So I just default to thinking male. I can sometimes tell after many posts, but definately not in a single post, unless there's something specific about it. I default to thinking male, I guess because I am.

I have been thought of as male here and on another site. I didn't think this would happen as my username, to me, seems female. But I don't mind being thought of as male.

My best friend is transgendered and I know she would much prefer to be viewed as female, though. It means a lot to her.

I'm far more observant and unbiased than most people, though I'm not perfect - no one is. I see people's usernames, and I naturally take note of any indications of gender in their posts. I often use "he or she" if I really don't know the poster's gender. Yes, on many forums, and in some places in person, people use "they" or "their" to describe themselves if they're gender nonconforming or something like that. But overall, people do describe themselves as "he" or "she," so it's safe for me to stick with those two terms.

I'm often assumed to be male online, too, even if I have a very girly username. Most of my usernames are not very gender-specific, though. I get "dude" or "man" or "mate" pretty often. But the people who assume I'm a guy online are always guys themselves. Women are more likely to be aware that someone posting online can also be female.

What's worse is if you reveal you're female AND an ethnicity people don't like. THEN it gets MUCH worst than if you're female alone. Actually, if I'm simply an ethnicity people dislike, and they don't know my gender, it's bad enough. Women don't actually bond with women of certain ethnicities.

Online, you're also assumed to be white. I'm American, and I often assume posters are American unless they indicate otherwise. Even if they put their language, and it's little-known in the US, I'll look at their profile and posts, and if they seem American enough, I'll just think they're American with an ethnicity that speaks that language. Then I might find out they're in a different country and may have never been out of that country! All over the world, people, especially if they're online a lot, are into American movies, TV shows, pop culture, etc. People all over the world who are online a lot, and read/speak in English, often take on an American vibe, interests, and way of thinking because most English-language content online is American.

Online, this is the default person: Male, white, and American

I posted on a forum, on a thread that probably screams white male more than anything else, just because white males tend to be into that kind of thing, and are associated with it. (In that forum, you're able to hide your post history, so people couldn't figure out I'm female and a particular ethnicity.) I got much more upvotes than I usually do (because they assumed I was a white male) and MUCH nicer, more "gushing" sort of responses than I normally do. There was even that "you're one of us," sweet, embracing sort of tone that I'd never gotten before. You really LOVE appreciating white males' posts, and anything else, more than any other type of person.

Then later in the thread, I revealed I was female, and that ethnicity people dislike - and no more upvotes for my original post that got so many upvotes previously. And no more very sweet, amazed compliments for my original post. I had posted a few other things in that thread, and after I revealed I was female and non-white, responses to my other posts on that thread became MUCH more condescending, belittling, and aggressive.

And it's not just online - it's in person, too. As a white male, you're top of the heap. As an x (non-white) female, you're bottom of the barrel. In person, I'm constantly treated condescendingly, being x-splained in all ways, etc.

Also, my ethnicity is so disliked that stigma against it is much stronger than any stigma against females. That's why I usually think in terms of ethnicity rather than gender.

I'm married to a black woman. I don't think like that.

Online I find that some people have a way of expressing themselves that make me think they are male, while others come off as sounding female. Those that sounds female, usually are (or at least claim to me, this is the internet after all), while sometimes the ones sounding male (claim they) are female.
And some people don't come off as being particularly one thing or the other.

I've been thought to be both male and female by different people, and I don't really care either way. So what? It doesn't harm me in any way. It just means that's how said person interpreted me.
I was once thought to be a guy on here by someone. I corrected it, not out of any sense of offense, but because I didn't want him to think I mislead him by not saying other wise, as I expected to see him around the forum.

Some people have even thought I was a boy IRL! I found it amusing and tried to play the part for fun.

I never use gender specific forum names. I name myself after something relevant or more often something I like.