Since we’re on the subject, sort of

If the Champenois and the Reggianese got away with it, why shouldn’t the Lesbians?

Residents on the Greek island of Lesbos have declared that they alone have the right to call themselves lesbians, and yesterday launched a legal action against the Greek Gay and Lesbian Union (Olke) designed to wrest back control of the word from aficionados of Sapphic luuurv.