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To: RedMonqey

Speaking of queer spaces, the Island of Lesbos has had a lot of problems and was visited by Pope Francis to show support.
There was a lawsuit by non gay people there to stop their country’s name from being used for gay causes. It lost in court.
“We are very upset that, worldwide, women who like women have appropriated the name of our island,” said Dimitris Lambrou, a magazine publisher who is one of those bringing the complaint with other islanders. “Until 1924, according to the Oxford English dictionary, a Lesbian was a native of our isle,” he said. “Now, because of its new connotations, our womenfolk are unable to call themselves such and that is wrong.”


8 posted on 03/19/2023 4:39:16 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: frank ballenger
There was a lawsuit by non gay people there to stop their country’s name from being used for gay causes. It lost in court.

Munson

Roy Munson knows how it feels to have your name become the definition of something you don't like.

13 posted on 03/19/2023 6:43:21 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've been spared the ravages of maturity.)
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To: frank ballenger

Cultural appropriation.

The Left:. “It’s okay when we do it!”


17 posted on 03/20/2023 1:59:08 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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