Campaigners on the Greek island of Lesbos are to go to court in an
attempt to stop a gay rights organisation from using the term
"lesbian".

The islanders say that if they are successful they may then start to fight the word lesbian internationally.  The term lesbian originated from the poet Sappho, who was a native of Lesbos. Sappho expressed her love of other women in poetry written during the 7th Century BC.