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Politically Incorrect Usage

Greek Lesbians sue to prevent Greek lesbians from misappropriating the word “lesbian.” Reuters via Andrew Bolt:  

ATHENS (Reuters) - Some residents on the Greek island of Lesvos say they are the only true Lesbians and they want gay groups to stop using the word.

Several residents have begun legal proceedings and pending a ruling have asked a court to ban the Gay and Lesbian Community of Greece from using the word lesbian in their title.

Plaintiff Dimitris Lambrou says the dispute is over identity and not sexuality.

“We must protect our identity, the name that defines our origin from being stolen,” he told Reuters TV on Friday. “Our legal actions have nothing to do with the sexual orientation of our adversaries.”

Lesvos, in the Aegean Sea just off the Turkish coast, is the birthplace of the 7th-century B.C. poet Sappho, whose love poems inspired the term lesbian for gay women.

The island has become a gathering spot for gay women from around the world, especially at Sappho’s village of Eressos.

Evangelia Vlami, who is representing the Gay and Lesbian Community of Greece, said: “We will be laughing in court.”

“This is ridiculous. The term has been accepted by society, by scientists, historically, and by the United Nations,” she told Reuters by telephone. The first hearing is set for June.

Bolt is concerned that Germans will be suing Goths next, among other ethnic beefs. I want to know when amphibians will sue the Brits for the unflattering comparison to Frenchmen. There is also the issue of whether happy people will be suing organizations that use the word “gay.” A quick web check tells me Queer Nation is now defunct, so I guess the Independent Order of Odd Fellows doesn’t have a suit.

No cruel lesbian, Greek, gay, queer, Goth, German, French or Odd Fellow jokes, please. 

Topics: linguistics, ancient mysteries

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:04 am on Sunday, May 4, 2008

One Response to “Politically Incorrect Usage”

1. blogagog Says:
   May 5th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

   You just wanted to say ‘lesbian’ three times in a sentence :).

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