PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION … Rhetorical only.
You can ONLY get it from the Greek Island of Lesvos / Lesbos.
Q: When is a lesbian not a Lesbian?
A: When she's not from the island of Lesvos, (also known as Lesbos) Greece in the northeastern Aegean.
At least, that's the argument of the residents of Lesvos, famous as the home of Sappho, a lady poet of the 7th century BC who wrote love poems to and about women.
Some residents on the Greek island of Lesvos say they are the only true Lesbians and they want gay groups to stop using the word.
Several residents have begun legal proceedings, and pending a ruling have asked a court to ban the Gay and Lesbian Community of Greece from using the word lesbian in their title.
Plaintiff Dimitris Lambrou says the dispute is over identity and not sexuality.
"We are very upset that, worldwide, women who like women have appropriated the name of our island," said 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."
"We must protect our identity, the name that defines our origin from being stolen," he told Reuters TV today. "Our legal actions have nothing to do with the sexual orientation of our adversaries.
(This lawsuit was in 2008 and the Greek court dismissed a request by residents of Lesbos, Greece to ban the use of the word ‘lesbian’ to describe gay women.)
Lesbos has become the refugee/migrant camp of Greece. Some of the areas near the beaches where the tourists used to enjoy, are rows and rows of immigrant tents.
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