Just incase anyone has been reading the BBC site recently they have reported on the current legal battle being spearheaded by the Greek people of Lesbos. They claim that a gay rights group should not be allowed to use the word lesbian because it is infact the name used for the people of Lesbos.
Now first off let me say I have a lot of respect for lesbians, especially the fit ones. If women want to cop off with each other I think that is a great thing.
The legal action against the gay group is most certainly going to fail, after all lesbian is a recognised term for a female attracted to the same sex, most people trying to name the people of lesbos may guess at lesbosian before lesbian.
The Islanders aversion to the use of the name Lesbian has actually effected them so much that they are now considering renaming their island after their capital Mytilini (Actually a fantastic place to visit)
But this has of course left us with a quandary, The Lesbian people of Lesbos have undoubtedly held the name for much longer than the lesbian movement, should the lesbian movement therefore have the right to take it away from the people of Lesbos?
The Lesbian Movement named itself after the goddess Sappho who expressed her love for women in poetry during the 7th century BC. However Dimitris Lambrou standing for the people of Lesbos said that the the goddess committed suicide over the love of a man and that she mothered a family, therefore making the connection to lesbianism irrelevant.
Jesus it’s complicated!
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