I don't know Wendy, but I DO know Joanna Jet, she is the UK's leading trans. performer, and I know that the point she would like to come across is that she wants to be treated the same way and equal to any other person who works in adult and abides by the rules, for eg:

-Joanna (and othe trans. performers here on the board) care about their own health.
-Joanna and Wendy both report to the appropriate medical associations in which ever country they are working in, for their STD/STI tests.
-Joanna and co. do not conduct themselves inapropriatly/different to any other girl outside of work.
-Joanna and co. fuck only with tested individuals.

Point being, individualy, they are equally responsible, as the rest of the industry people, and I am sure that they are sick of being accused, or scape-goated by the actions of other people.

Yes, it is true that in Brasil there are many cases of HIV+ individuals of all genders.(esp. in the trans-gender community BUT...) This is because of inadiquate information/education for the general population of what is a 3rd world country. We have established that transmision, although not imposible vaginaly, or through the penis, mostly occurs through recieving anal sex. Straight females, gay/bi men, and trans. all are in a higher risk catogory.
True, transgender people can be the reciever and the giver, like bi-sexual men, but that still does not change the fact that if you are a responsible human being, you do NOT deserve to be bracketed because of certain 'facts', or the actions of others.

I believe that companies, and individuals who shoot in 3rd World area's with high HIV % should take responsibility to quarentine themselves before entering the regular market again in the Western World, or anywhere else.
I don't recall any member of the transsexual porn community EVER being responsible for an outbreak once within the US. (i may be wrong, but I don't think so) True, in Brasil, people may have caught the virus, and it may have been from a transgender person, but they brought it back with them. I would assumbe, that when you work, (or in private) in Brasil, you may have a clue that it may be a good idea to quarentine yourself for a while, nipping as much heart-ache as possible in the bud.

Don't blame the transsexual performers who play by all of the rules, blame the production companies that don't.