The Transvestites: The Erotic Urge to Cross-Dress (Part One of Three Parts)

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“As a native German speaker...translator and historian, I admire the great skill in translating the historic language with the subtle shifts of meaning from 1910 to today. In the many years I have used your translation [of Transvestites], I could always rely on it.” ─Atalanta Ort (2017). Facebook Messenger.

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“Dr. Lombardi-Nash presents us with rare and pertinent articles that give insight into the thinking and practices of another era that…are still very important for our understanding of the current view of homosexuality. …Clear and very readable translations.” ─Hubert Kennedy, PhD (2006). The Haworth Press New Book Announcement for Sodomites and Urnings: Homosexual Representations in Classic German Journals.

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"Michael A. Lombardi-Nash's translation of [The Riddle of Man-Manly Love] is welcome indeed." ─Nancy Meriwether Wingfield (Jan., 1995). Journal of the History of Sexuality, 5(3) pp. 469-471.

“Michael Lombardi-Nash...has done an extremely helpful and careful version. [He] is well versed in German sexological writings, having previously translated the works of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.” ─Vern Bullough (1991). Introduction to Transvestites: The Erotic Drive to Cross-Dress.

“[Lombardi's] Urania Manuscripts translation series offers some relief to the lack of historicity in the gay movement...and deserves the enthusiasm of all of us.” ─L. Rice (1980). Gay Peoples Union News, 10(1), 13-16.