Good rant!
I have to say I'm not surprised that there is such a group as AVEN. Sure, there's not really a problem with vanilla (in the sense that fresh vanilla ice cream made with real vanilla beans and extract can be great and tasty), but these guys are the lowest of soft-serve!
These guys need serious professional help. It's one thing to - heck, there's no good word here. Not "repress", not "ignore", not "supress", not "deny". I'm thinking of religious types who know they are sexual beings, but sex just doesn't really matter to them. They've got weightier things on their mind (and it doesn't mean they are incapable of love!).
But these AVEN goofs.... hypocrites! Stop trying to have it both ways!