Lieutenant Nun: The True Story of a Cross-Dressing, Transatlantic Adventurer Who Escaped From a Spanish Convent in 1599 and Lived as a Man

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I'd love to read this book, however the title is wildly transphobic. The year is 2020. Will the publishers please fix this immediately?

Jess M As a fellow transgender person, I don't have a problem with the title or the terms used in the book to describe gender non-conformity. It's okay if yo…moreAs a fellow transgender person, I don't have a problem with the title or the terms used in the book to describe gender non-conformity. It's okay if you don't like the language used, but the book is a product of its time and I'm of the opinion that changing the language used to fit modern standards would take away the important nuances included in what's already there. It's unfair to Catalina to erase what they wrote to replace it with language we're more comfortable with just because they didn't have the same words at their disposal.(less)

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Why did you change the title from "transvestite" to "cross-dressing"? Everything about this translation comes across as wildly transphobic compared to the Spanish version. In the Spanish version, they use masculine language to talk about Antonio and the title of the book is just "Lieutenant Nun". the 2020 title was bad--this is worse. Fix it.

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