Absolutely, Mike! It's not a clothes issue, it's an identity issue. We need to value that.

by the way... how do you usually (or officially?) speak about ladyboys? He or she?
How about those that stevesuphan called semi-ladyboys: "he" during working hours... "she" during free time??
this has always confused me!
...How about you, "visitor"? Do you prefer "he" or "she"?

There is IMHO a range of sexualities. We shouldn't try to pigeonhole everyone.
It seems to me there are true transsexuals [and this is what I think as "ladyboys"], then there are crossdressers (these can be heterosexual as well as homosexual people), then there are homosexuals [and a wide range of such, e.g effeminates, machomen, and everything in between]. And there are probably variations in between. Of course there are bi-sexuals and heterosexuals and autoerotics, et c. et c.

Can someone enlighten me as to how lesbianism is accepted (or not) and how these women live and work in daily life?? It seems the discussion to date has centered on men.