Dept. of Weird UW Facebook Groups

Lesbians are people from LESBOS (Λέσβος) NOT homosexual women.

This is a group to support the Greek lawsuit to change the terminology for homosexual women. The term 'lesbian' in reference to homosexual women was created in the 19th century. Indeed the term was not added to the Oxford-English Dictionary until the mid-20th century. This group is NOT opposed to homosexuals. I want to make that very very clear. This group merely recognizes that people from the Island of Lesbos have the right to the term, as it has been Lesbos for more than 5000 years. By joining this group you are supporting the island's hereditary and traditional right to use their own name without any connotation but their place of origin. Thank you all for your support, it is my hope that any popular support for this group will express to the world that the term 'lesbian' for homosexual women should be re-thought.

The group currently has twenty seven members.