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People of Lesbos take gay group to court over term 'Lesbian'
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4-30-2008 11:20 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/60bb48ff-f01a-41e4-80ba-feb33352b220/ACF59B96-3C51-4EFF-92B8-4F6D17F3D7AC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_LESBIAN_PRIDE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_LESBIAN_PRIDE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" style="font-size: 11px;">hosted.ap.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_LESBIAN_PRIDE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">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.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_LESBIAN_PRIDE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">"My sister can't say she is a Lesbian," said Dimitris Lambrou. "Our geographical designation has been usurped by certain ladies who have no connection whatsoever with Lesbos," he said.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_LESBIAN_PRIDE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">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.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_LESBIAN_PRIDE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT"><P class="ap-story-p">One of the plaintiffs said Wednesday that the name of the association, Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece, "insults the identity" of the people of Lesbos, who are also known as Lesbians.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_LESBIAN_PRIDE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Lesbos is famed as the birthplace of Sappho</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_LESBIAN_PRIDE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">The island is a favored holiday destination for gay women, particularly the lyric poet's reputed home town of Eressos.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GREECE_LESBIAN_PRIDE?SITE=DCUSN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">The Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece could not be reached for comment.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/ACF59B96-3C51-4EFF-92B8-4F6D17F3D7AC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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