ABSTRACT
Kaposi’s Sarcoma, a skin cancer associated with a diagnosis of AIDS, is examined as a basis for serving gay men in groups at the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, a large AIDS service organization in New York City. Using group development theory, the issues of group formation, intra-group conflict, reintegration, and termination are described through close examination of group interaction and content over time. Themes addressed by the group include stigma, familial rejection, death, and sexuality.
