Hello to all,

My name is Joanna Jet and I am a shemale/transsexual/tranny performer, producer and director.
This thread was kindly brought to my attention by a number of my industry peer who knew that I would have a vested interest.

Many of the posts in this thread debate the key question it presents, which is "How did the HIV positive status of a performer remain unchallenged for so many shoots over such a lengthy period?".
Unfortunately, the remainder appear to mostly focus on asserting shemales as being synonymous with HIV.

As a professional and knowledgeable member of the adult industry, I am no different than my male and female peers in wishing to safeguard my sexual health for not only my benefit but also for those with whom I perform on set.

I am therefore always deeply offended by bigoted comments such as "Big surprise.A she male whos HIV positive" which serve only to reinforce a negative stereotype that denies any values I may hold as an individual.

Yes, I am a shemale but I am also a performer who only has unprotected sex when on set and with established and tested performers.
So I now ask you, who is the greater risk and who is the most at risk?
Well the answer is that I am the one most at risk as I cannot vouch for an equivalent integrity from my fellow performers...


If all shemales had HIV, all muslims were terrorists, all blacks were thieves and all mexicans knew their place, then the world would be a far simpler place...


If a shemale can crawl out of the sexual disease gutter then surely a bigot can step out of the trailer park :-)


Yours,


Joanna Jet
xxx