Friday, May 2, 2008

Lesbos vs. Lesbians: Will the "L" Word be Changed?


Image from Out Traveler

I wasn't honestly sure that the island of Lesbos--pronounced "lezz-boss," and not as I thought "lezz-boze," silly me--still existed. And who knew they were irritated about that whole L-Word thing?

My only response is, it's a good thing the city of Sodom has been smited. Smote? Whatever. . .

Side note: Whatever you do, don't go searching for an appropriate image for your blog piece on Lesbos, using Google image search with the SafeSearch off. Trust me.

[Excerpt]

Greeks from island of Lesbos take gay group to court over use of "lesbian"

A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between gay women and the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos.

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. . .

Read more about it at: Planet Out



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