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When religious family views asexual identity as spiritual problem

I'm asexual and my religious family keeps praying for God to 'heal' me and send me the right person, like my identity is a spiritual failing that needs divine intervention.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Religious frameworks that interpret asexual identity as spiritual deficiency rather than natural variation create painful conflicts between faith community and authentic selfhood.

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