by Rex Wockner
International News
Three residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have filed suit in an attempt to reclaim the word "lesbian" and stop the group Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece (OLKE) from using it.
Gay women are believed to have adopted the word in memory of Sappho, a poet who lived on the island in the sixth century B.C. and wrote about love between women.
The plaintiffs claim the alleged theft of "lesbian" from the island's residents amounts to "psychological and moral rape."
An OLKE spokeswoman called the case "ridiculous" but an Athens court will hear the matter on June 10.
