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Wrangling over the name "lesbian"
Lesbos
Islanders from Lesbos take "lesbians" to court
"We have been Lesbians for thousands of years!"
As destinations go, there is nowhere that means more to lesbians than the Greek isle of Lesbos. It's the birthplace of the Greek poet Sappho (who lends her name to the term Sapphic) and the location for many a romantic holiday, even maybe a commitment ceremony. And while no one seems to want to stop the lesbian invasion, a group of islanders from Lesbos are taking the Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece to court to stop them using the word "lesbian".
Apparently, the name Homosexual and Lesbian Community "insults the identity" of the people who live on the island who are female and maybe don't prefer the company of other women. "My sister can't say she is a Lesbian," complained Dimitris Lambrou, apparently unaware that some words have two meanings. "Our geographical designation has been usurped by certain ladies who have no connection whatsoever with Lesbos," he went on, seeminly unmoved by the amount of cash lesbians from other geographical designations regularly pour into the island.
He insisted that the law suit was in no way "an aggressive act gainst gay women". "Let them visit Lesbos and get married and whatever they like," he said, generously. "We just want the Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece to remove the word 'lesbian' from their title."
He rounded off with a call to arms that sounded almost inspiring, despite himself: "We have been Lesbians for thousands of years!"
