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Michael Lombardi-Nash

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The Riddle of 'Man-Manly' Love : The Pioneering Work on Male Homosexuality

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The Homosexuality of Men and Women by Magnus Hirschfeld, Michael A. Lombardi-Nash (Translator), Vern L. Bullough (Introduction)

One of the founders of the scientific study of sex, Magnus Hirschfeld, M.D. (1868-1935), led the field in objective examinations of homosexuality, transvestism, and gender identity. The Homosexuality of Men and Women was designed to provide a unified, comprehensive description of homosexuality which would rid heterosexuals of homophobic prejudice and allow gays and lesbians to accept themselves and stop feeling isolated.

This encyclopedic study opens with a definition and a detailed biological diagnosis of orientation, including the childhood and adolescent phases. Hirschfeld addresses the physical, mental, and emotional life, while explaining the differences between friendship and same-sex love; genuine and false homosexuality; and the inborn nature of homosexuality and bisexuality. He also disputes the theory that homosexuality is treatable.

In the second half of the book, Hirschfeld looks at sociology: community life, bonding, roles in society, history, persecution, victimization, and the law. His documentation of gays in the military and the "new technology" of his day-such as the telephone and airplanes and their affect on the lives of homosexuals-offers farsighted observations that strongly parallel today's national debates and new developments.

The translator of this lengthy work, originally in German, is Michael A. Lombardi-Nash, Ph.D. He is also the translator of Transvestites : The Erotic Drive to Cross-Dress, and The Riddle of 'Man-Manly' Love : The Pioneering Work on Male Homosexuality.

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Biography

Born in 1947 in Scotland, raised in Dublin, Ireland, US citizen since 1990; live with partner Paul Nash (since 1972)

Fields of Study
Primary:  German History
Secondary:  Translation
Other Interests: Astronomy

  

Published Works

Translations of the works by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and Magnus Hirschfeld.

The Homosexuality of Men and Women by Magnus Hirschfeld, Michael A. Lombardi-Nash (Translator), Vern L. Bullough (Introduction), (Prometheus Books, 2000)

The Riddle of 'Man-Manly' Love : The Pioneering Work on Male Homosexuality by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Michael A. Lombardi-Nash (Translator), Vern L. Bullough, (Prometheus Books, 1994)

Childhood Phases of Maturity : Sexual Developmental Psychology by Ernest Borneman, Vern L. Bullough (Designer), Michael A. Lombardi-Nash (Translator), (Promethean Press, 1994)

Transvestites : The Erotic Drive to Cross-Dress (New Concepts in Human Sexuality) by Magnus Hirschfeld, Michael A. Lombardi-Nash (Translator), Vern L. Bullough (Promethean Press, 1991)

     

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Maintaining websites for Ulrichs.

  

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