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celibate | Library.LGBT
Dictionary
celibate

the conscious and deliberate decision to abstain from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons, but also as part of the harmful practices of “conversion therapy” which seeks to erase homosexual or bisexual feelings and identities.

This should not be confused with being asexual.

Originally published: 4th December, 2020
Last modified: 4th December, 2020

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