With Valentine's Day soon upon us, "Advocate" magazine has posted some fifty photos and drawings of a variety of gay couples showing affection (sometimes intensely) to each other. See Photo at left and link below.

Valentine's roots are in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility (sexy) celebration commemorated annually on February 15. Pope Gelasius I baptized this pagan festival into a Christian feast day circa 496 CE, declaring February 14 to be St. Valentine's Day.

And what about the hearts drawn for love's holiday? The shape is nothing like a human heart, and the best guess is that the top part of the drawing represented the buttocks of one's lover, male or female.

To see the "Varieties of Valentine's Day Love," Click Here.