Nuevos Ambientes, ¿Historias Compartidas? Sexuality, Cultural and Sexual Identity and Practices among Gay-identified Latin American Migrants in Sydney

Abstract

This study analyses the results of a research project on gay-identified men of Latin American origin who have migrated to Sydney, Australia. The findings are the product of a year of collection and analysis of data from surveys and in-depth interviews carried out with those who answered the initial call for participation at the beginning of 2010, published in the gay and lesbian press in as well as Spanish-speaking periodicals in Sydney. The theoretical bases of the project find their inspiration in the newly emergent framework of so-called sexual migration studies and the work of sexual fields theory. The conclusions show the importance of ethnic and racial images in Latin American migrant interaction in gay spaces and the value that the study’s participants gave to multiculturalism in their experiences of new socio-sexual sites and identity constructions post-migration.