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The Associated Press reports that 3 natives of Lesbos, an island in Greece, have taken a gay rights group to court for using the word lesbian in its name. A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and the world’s gay women.

One of the plaintiffs said Wednesday that the name of the association, Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece, “insults the identity” of the people of Lesbos, who are also known as Lesbians. ”My sister can’t say she is a Lesbian,” said Dimitris Lambrou. “Our geographical designation has been usurped by certain ladies who have no connection whatsoever with Lesbos,” he said.

Also called Mytilene, after its capital, Lesbos is famed as the birthplace of Sappho. Sappho lived from the late 7th to the early 6th century B.C. and is considered one of the greatest poets of antiquity. Many of her poems, written in the first person and intended to be accompanied by music, contain passionate references to love for other women.

The island is a favored holiday destination for gay women, particularly the lyric poet’s reputed home town of Eressos.