title: Introduction: special issue on lesbians and white privilege.
abstract: This article introduces the special issue on lesbians and white privilege. The beginning situates the imperative of examining white privilege in lesbian studies, and explains why critical analyses are long overdue. Overarching themes of the special issue are identified, followed by an overview of the trajectory of subsequent articles.
authors.affiliation: a Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University , Waltham , Massachusetts , USA.
authors.forename: Andrea L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dottolo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D044465:White People