Bambalwa abantu namhlanje abakhumbulayo ukuba kwiminyaka yokuqala yokuvela kwentsholongwane ye-HIV, isifo esibangelwa yi-GRID (i-Gay-related immune disorder) - "I-Gay Immune Disorder", ekubeni bonke abantu bokuqala abosulelekileyo babengamafanasini. Elinye igama eliqhelekileyo lalingu "Cancer Gay." Kuphela kusemva kokuba intsholongwane isasazeke phakathi kwabasetyhini abathandana nesini esahlukileyo, yaye ngabo phakathi kwamadoda, ngokusebenzisa abantu abathandana namabhinqa namakhoboka eziyobisi, eso sifo sathiywa igama elithi AIDS ngoncedo lwabezobupolitika noxinzelelo lwemibutho yamafanasini.