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May. 1st, 2008 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingLesbians sue Greek homosexual rights organisations to stop them from using the term "Lesbian".
"he issue boils down to who has the right to call themselves Lesbians.
Is it gay women, or the 100,000 people living on Greece's third biggest island - plus another 250,000 expatriates who originate from Lesbos?
The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lambrou, claims that international dominance of the word in its sexual context violates the human rights of the islanders, and disgraces them around the world. "
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Of course, the *correct* response here is that, while there is confusion, there is no disgrace. In order for there to be disgrace, "Lesbian" would have to be a pejorative or negative term.
"he issue boils down to who has the right to call themselves Lesbians.
Is it gay women, or the 100,000 people living on Greece's third biggest island - plus another 250,000 expatriates who originate from Lesbos?
The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lambrou, claims that international dominance of the word in its sexual context violates the human rights of the islanders, and disgraces them around the world. "
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Of course, the *correct* response here is that, while there is confusion, there is no disgrace. In order for there to be disgrace, "Lesbian" would have to be a pejorative or negative term.