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gonorrhea chlamydiaand trich lifespan? please answer

do gonorreha, trichomoniasis  and chlamydia live longer outside the human body than HIV since they're bacteria? like if infected semen gets in the environment, are these bacteria and protozoa(since trich is a protozoa) likely to live a bit longer than HIV?
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so HIV lives longer than gonorrhea and chlamydia outside the body?

also is it high or low risk to get HIV if infected semen gets on a woman's clitoris or labia?
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nope. they cannot survive more than a few seconds.
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