Habitants of the Greek island Lesvos (Mitilini) protests about the name ''lesbian'' which is the main characterization of LGBT women.They are right!!!The name ''lesbian'' is the name of the citizens of Lesvos island.
The use of ''lesbian'' as the homosexual woman is just an urban legend that is based on the ancient Greek Writer Sappho.According to the false myth Sappho falls in love with her female students.But this is a lie. Sappho cherises very much her young students and because of that the Attics comedians ''misconceive'' this regand. And the myth is ''ready''.Actually Sappho suicided for the love of a man named Phaon!!!
This is the BBC report entitled ''Lesbos locals lose lesbian appeal'':
''Three residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have lost an attempt to ban the use of the word "lesbian" to describe gay women.
The residents argued that using the term in reference to gay women insulted their identity.
But an Athens court ruled there was no justification for their contention that they felt slighted, saying the word did not define the islanders' identity.
Greeks often refer to the island as Mytilene, after its capital.
"This is a good decision for lesbians everywhere," Vassilis Chirdaris, lawyer for the Gay and Lesbian Union of Greece, told Reuters news agency.
Court expenses
The island's name was applied to gay women in acknowledgement of the female poet Sappho, who wrote love poems about both women and men in about 600 BC.
The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lambrou, had claimed that international dominance of the word in its sexual context violated the human rights of the islanders - who call themselves Lesbians - and disgraces them around the world.
He argued it caused daily problems to the social life of Lesbos's inhabitants.
But the court disagreed, ordering the plaintiffs to pay court expenses of 230 euros ($366), although they could appeal against the decision''.
The residents argued that using the term in reference to gay women insulted their identity.
But an Athens court ruled there was no justification for their contention that they felt slighted, saying the word did not define the islanders' identity.
Greeks often refer to the island as Mytilene, after its capital.
"This is a good decision for lesbians everywhere," Vassilis Chirdaris, lawyer for the Gay and Lesbian Union of Greece, told Reuters news agency.
Court expenses
The island's name was applied to gay women in acknowledgement of the female poet Sappho, who wrote love poems about both women and men in about 600 BC.
The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lambrou, had claimed that international dominance of the word in its sexual context violated the human rights of the islanders - who call themselves Lesbians - and disgraces them around the world.
He argued it caused daily problems to the social life of Lesbos's inhabitants.
But the court disagreed, ordering the plaintiffs to pay court expenses of 230 euros ($366), although they could appeal against the decision''.
From B.B.C
Please watch the video on YouTube in English language named ''H ομοφυλοφιλία στην Αρχαία Ελλάδα Ο μύθος καταρρέει'' (Homosexuality in the ancient Greece The myth breaks down) here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHk9JoXoBMY&feature=related
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