I haven’t posted here in nearly a week and a half because I’ve been quite busy and really rather exhausted, but after having a wonderful conversation last with a friend and philosophy professor, my mind is a flurry with thoughts. I just read this story about citizens of the island of Lesbos suing a gay and lesbian group in Greece for the use of the term lesbian:
A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the world’s gay women.
Three islanders from Lesbos – home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women – have taken a gay rights group to court for using the word lesbian in its name.
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A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the world’s gay women.
Three islanders from Lesbos – home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women – have taken a gay rights group to court for using the word lesbian in its name.
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“This is not an aggressive act against gay women,” Lambrou said. “Let them visit Lesbos and get married and whatever they like. We just want (the group) to remove the word lesbian from their title.”
This is a conflict I had never considered (in the case of this particular word, I mean). I’m not sure what to make of it. I’m certainly for words having multiple meanings, but then this is complicated by this being about identity names.
