Although a number of authors have examined the relationship between social support and adjustment to HIV, no published studies have systematically examined the social support networks of persons with HIV across the disease continuum. Research into social networks of gay men with HIV have largely been limited to those with AIDS (e.g. [4,18]). Given the problematic circumstances that asymptomatic persons with HIV confront, there is a need for information concerning the social resources of these individuals. Given that little is known about social networks of persons with HIV over the course of the disease, the present study was designed to be exploratory with one of the aims being to describe both the size and composition of the social networks of gay men across the HIV continuum. For the purpose of the present study, the HIV continuum was conceptualize in three stages. At one end of the continuum are those individuals who are at risk of HIV infection (seronegative persons). Then there are the two stages of HIV infection; firstly there is the asymptomatic stage followed by the symptomatic stage at the severe end of the continuum.