Twenty-First Century Lesbian Studies focuses on the field's institutionalization into the humanities and social sciences, examining how the term ¿lesbian¿ is used in activist, community, and cultural contexts, and how its use impacts the lives of women who have chosen it as an identity. The book's contributors include many of the world's foremost experts in lesbian studies, as well as scholars whose primary research is in bisexuality, transsexuality and transgender, intersex, and queer theory. The powerful essays touch on five individual themes¿¿Genealogies,¿ ¿Readings,¿ ¿Theories,¿ ¿Identities,¿ and ¿Locations¿¿as they explore the past, present, and future of lesbian studies.