It is a matter of what you do, not who you are. If you engage in risky behaviors, you have a chance of being infected. However, HIV is most commonly spread through risky behaviors. The two most risky behaviors are unprotected sex or sharing a needle or syringe. HIV can enter the body through any type of sexual intercourse, including vaginal, anal and oral sex.
Unprotected sex is sexual intercourse without proper use of a latex condom.
HIV may be found in semen, vaginal fluids, blood and breast milk of infected individuals. Any contact with these body fluids puts you at risk. Injecting drugs with a needle or syringe used by another person is risky because it can contain their blood. If that person is HIV-infected, you would be injecting HIV directly into your body. You do not get HIV from touching or hugging infected people or from sharing toilets or clothes with infected people.