Mytilenean or Lesbian?

Since I had a fancy, schmancy prep school education, I knew about Sappho and the island of Lesbos long before anyone thought to apply that ancient culture to homosexual women. Popularized by the poet Sappho's poetry of love and romance (though she included both men and women in her poetry), the island of Lesbos off the Greek coastline became identified solely with women and love relationships, thus earning it the distinction of use in the current cultural lexicon. This does not make the people who currently populate the island very happy. In fact, they are litigiously unhappy. (everyone knows a lawyer, it seems!)
Greeks refer to the island as "Mytilene" in deference to its capital city...or maybe they're just embarrassed by the cultural reference, as are the Mytileneans. Thus, a lawsuit was prepared by which residents wished to get an injunction to halt the use of the word "lesbian" to refer to gay women and relegate it to its honorable status as depicting those who live on the island of Lesbos. Unfortunately, Dimitris Lambrou ran up against a judge who was not feeling the same vibe and who dismissed the lawsuit. Adding injury to insult, Lambrou had to pay court costs of $366. So, it looks as if residents will have to merely grin and bear it...or move to Greece...when reading Sappho.