TLC’s “Strange Sex” usually explores mysterious sexual conditions and unusual fetishes.

But, this Sunday, the show will feature a Bay Area virgin who has devoted his reproductive system to helping others.

Trent Arsenault, 37, has been running a private sperm bank out of his living room for the past six years. First in Fremont and now in Acampo, in California’s Central Valley, Arsenault, a former Hewlett-Packard computer security specialist, gives away his sperm to childless couples hoping to get pregnant. To date, he has “fathered” 16 children.

Last year, Arsenault made national headlines when the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates sperm banks, issued him a cease-and-desist order for distributing semen in a manner they called “a health risk to the state.” He is fighting back. Further investigation is pending.

We caught up with Arsenault on the phone before his “Strange Sex” episode aired to talk about why he became a nonprofit sperm donor and why he remains celibate.

Q: What led you to turn your body into a one-man sperm bank?

A: Growing up, my parents were ministers in a large church and it was a common prayer request of a lot of families to help them get pregnant. The way this Christian church handled it was by saying, either, ‘If God wants you to have a baby you will,’ or, ‘Pray for forgiveness and hope you get pregnant.’ This never seemed fair to me.

Q: Why do couples come to you instead of commercial sperm banks?

A: They say the commercial sperm banks are impersonal or clinical or too expensive for them.

Q: How do you help the couples? What are the, er, logistics involved in obtaining your sperm?

A: Usually the couple stays at a nearby hotel and texts me saying they are half an hour away. I drink a smoothie that’s packed with ingredients to help with fertility about 15 minutes before they arrive. Then I use a magazine for stimulation and ejaculate into a sterile cup. They pick it up and inseminate in the privacy of their own hotel room.

Q: We heard that you moved from Fremont to Acampo to be closer to your client-base. Is that true?

A: Yes. I noticed many of the families who were contacting me were from the Central Valley, where the economy is particularly bad and people can’t afford fertility treatments or commercial sperm banks.

Q: Why have you taken a vow of celibacy? Do you date?

A: I don’t date, for temptation reasons. Plus, it would take a special woman to put up with the baggage involved in my life. Another reason I don’t have sex is because it totally prevents the chance of contracting a sexually-transmitted disease. My number one priority is the health and safety of the mothers and babies.