Objective: To understand the needs for help of men who have sex with men and live with HIV in the light of a Prescriptive Theory.
Method: Descriptive and qualitative study, conducted with men who have sex with men and live with HIV who were treated in a Specialized Outpatient Service in a capital in Northeastearn Brazil, between the months of November 2017 and May 2018. The study used the analysis of the discourse of the collective subject.