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 ::::I pointed this out on the Singing Nun talkpage, but information about her relationship with Pécher is copiously sourced and appears to be common knowledge; I do speak French, by the way, and ""compagne"" is absolutely used for a female romantic partner/life partner. (Its English equivalent, ""companion"", is falling out of use in favor of ""partner"" and with the advent of SSM, but it's also not uncommon.) Now that a quotation from the Dictionnaire des provocateurs has been presented, I think we can consider including the bit about her remaining in the closet, but since it states that Pécher was the love of her life, it's not really a strong source against the idea that she was gay, you know? As for the rest, that kind of user-generated content (the comment on Authorsden) isn't considered a reliable source. Likewise I'm not sure why we would even be bothering to cite a source that the author admits is fiction. So I think we can ignore those and rely on reliable sources only. With the Vindicator source, I can see what you're saying about its irrelevance to her sexual orientation, but even as far as practice, but that's a statement that, while potentially useful in an article on Deckers, can only be used here through original synthesis. Maybe by ""vow of chastity"" the article author (because it's not Deckers's own words) means that she does not live with a man. We don't know what implications the article has for her lesbian relationship because it simply does not mention it at all. –  ⋅  "