I would like to endorse wholeheartedly the views of Jean Calder on the subject of the Lady Boys of Bangkok (The Argus, May 3). I too object to my city being characterised by events like this. The vast majority of people in Brighton are members of traditional-style families, whose children, they feel, should be allowed to grow up free from the sexualisation of their lives.

Rather than turn up and gape at the lady boys, we should feel sorry for them.

The most shocking thing for me is that these boys may have had hormone treatment from a prepubescent age and before they were of an age to consent. For Brighton and Hove City Council to endorse such exploitation of children is absolutely hideous.

The lady boys, seemingly, seek to display a stereotype of femininity.

Not all women want to display themselves in a sexually provocative way before men, neither are they all obsessed by fashion, beauty, makeup and sex. It would seem that this show seeks to perpetuate this lie about the lives of women. In a society which is already highly sexualised, our authorities should behave responsibly and not add fuel to the fire. I would ask the council to make sure that it bans this show from ever appearing in Brighton again.

  • Maria Wells, Shaftesbury Road, Brighton