lesbian appeal

[sergebroom]

"Lesbos locals lose lesbian appeal."

When my buddy Fragano sent me this headline, I initially thought it was about the island being snubbed by homosexual female tourists. But no.

Three residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have lost an attempt to ban the use of the word "lesbian" to describe gay women.

Comments

[pedanther]

That's fine as far as it goes, but what about when the word is used as part of the name of an activist organisation, like the Gay and Lesbian Union of Greece?

(This was actually one of the things the people from Lesbos were specifically complaining about.)

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I see your point.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Those men had way too much time on their hands.