Well said. A "celibate gay" is still attached to his abomination in the core of his identity, even if he doesn't actually practice it physically. The phrase "celibate gay" is about as nonsensical as "nonpracticing racist" or a "nonusing drug addict". If you reject the behavior as immoral under all circumstances -- as a faithful priest must -- then, why identify with it at all?
The comparison with priests who experience heterosexual impulses is utterly bogus. Heterosexual attraction is a natural, necessary precursor to marriage, and even for a priest, marriage is at least a theoretical possibility; as Catholic freepers have explained to me in the past, the celibacy rule for clergy is not a fundamental doctrine but simply a church rule that could in theory be changed, and to which exceptions are occasionally granted. Indeed a small % of Catholic priests ARE married -- mainly clergy from Anglican and other denominations who converted, and already had wives.
Thanks, and yes, to what you've written, also well said!