Sorta.

Apparently Lesbos, Greece (The birthplace of famous carpet eating poet, Sappho) has taken offense with the fact that homosexual women call themselves “Lesbians”. The people who live in Lesbos are natively referred to as “Lesbians” but due to the fact that not ALL of them are gay they are taking offense to the fact that the term “Lesbians” has become an associated name for women who partake in homosexual acts.

“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.

So, distraught as they are, they have decided to file suit against a homosexual group who uses the term “Lesbian” in its title.

Also called Mytilene, after its capital, Lesbos is famed as the birthplace of Sappho. The island is a favored holiday destination for gay women, particularly the lyric poet’s reputed home town of Eressos.

“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.”

I could see how an entire nation would absolutely love to not be connected with the term. Considering that a person who isn’t gay that lives there probably hates having to explain to tourists or foreigners that they are not, in fact, a sapphic love partaker.

Maybe Lesbians (the gay kind) can just be referred to as Sapphians or Sapphoites…or something.