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10:38 UK time, Thursday, 24 July 2008

"If you are not from Lesbos, you are not a lesbian" - Banner held outside court by Lesbos islanders who failed to ban use of the word "lesbian" for gay women.

lesbosbanner.gifThree residents of the Greek island - population 100,000 - claim that the international dominance of the word in its sexual context violates the human rights of Lesbians, as the islanders call themselves. But an Athens court has disagreed, saying there is no justification for them to feel slighted as the word does not define the islanders' identity.

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