Not that it excuses the stigma associated with having the disease. But, global statistics are very different than from those in the western democracies where "the media" and much of their audience resides. In the US the majority of HIV patients are the MSM (men who have sex with men) category [0]. With most of the remaining being either women who have sex with those men or IV drug users.

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/statistics/overview/ataglance.html