A Greek court on Tuesday ruled a gay rights group can use the name Lesbian, saying people from the Aegean island of Lesbos did not have sole claim to the name.

A group of islanders from Lesbos filed a lawsuit against the Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece in April, accusing it of insulting locals, who are also called Lesbians.

“They insult our historical and geographical identity by using the name,” Dimitris Lambrou said. The islanders were seeking to have the group barred from using the word “Lesbian” in its name.

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