I'm not trying to be nasty, but that has to be the biggest load of crap.
I'm recently a legal adult, and the other male that I am in love with, he is sixteen, I've been in love with him since I was 15. There are many things I would do for him that would not cause pain or suffering.
I'd die for him.
I'd die for my family.
I'd die for my best friend.
True the only difference here is, I am sexually attracted to him; and wish a romantic relationship with him, but I understand that THOSE THINGS are not what love is about, just as I know, that wanting those things does not null and void my love for him.