Vanhu vashoma nhasi vanoyeuka kuti mumakore ekutanga ehutachiona hweHIV, chirwere chakakonzera chainzi GRID (Gay-related immune disorder) - "Gay Immune Disorder", sezvo vanhu vose vekutanga vakatapukirwa vaiva ngochani. Rimwe zita raizivikanwa raive "Gay Cancer." Chete mushure mokunge hutachiona hwapararirawo pakati pevakadzi vane varume, uye kuburikidza navo pakati pevarume, kuburikidza nevarume vanoita zvepabonde uye vakapindwa muropa nezvinodhaka, chirwere chacho chakatumidzwa zita rokuti AIDS nerubatsiro rwevezvematongerwo enyika uye kudzvinyirirwa kubva kumasangano engochani.