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Lesbos Islanders Dispute Gay Name... In Court

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This entry was posted on 5/1/2008 7:55 AM and is filed under Politics,Amusements,Irritations.


So weight-of-a-word campaigners on the Greek island of Lesbos are going to court to try to stop a gay organization from using the term "lesbian," asserting that the use and dominance of the word in its sexual context violates the human rights of the 100,000 residents of the island, and disgraces them around the world. Having I guess just now figured out that homosexuality wasn't a fad, lawsuit proponents view this as the first step in an international fight against the word. In related news, I also wonder who will file a libel and/or defamation lawsuit on behalf of the word "niggardly"?

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